Senior Account Manager
- Employer
- Advocate Group
- Location
- North West– flexibility for working from home
- Salary
- £40k
- Closing date
- 4 Nov 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
Senior Account Manager
Sector/Industry: Nutritional ingredients
Package:
Bonus up to 25% + pension
Introduction:
This is a chance to join a rapidly growing business who have over tripled in headcount over the past 3 years with further growth plans in place for the coming years including new office locations.
The Company:
This business are well known within the nutritional ingredients industry for supplying high quality products into some of the most well known food and sports nutrition brands/manufacturers globally.
The Role:
- The role of the UK Account Manager is to maximise sales from existing accounts and take designated accounts that have been secured by the Business Development team to achieve individual Sales targets, set at the beginning of the financial year.
- Manage a account portfolio with an annual worth of circa £3m
- Be the contact point for key accounts, building strong client relationships in order to drive sales and optimise NPD opportunities
- Utilise Market research tools such as Innova and Euro monitor to understand market trends/ conditions
The Candidate:
- Ideally you will be educated to degree level within Nutrition or Food Science and have good understanding of nutritional ingredients and how they work.
- Experience working in a B2B Sales role within ingredients
- Experience within NPD would be advantageous
To Apply:
To apply directly please send a copy of your CV and cover letter through to Dan or alternatively please apply via the link below.
Company
We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.
As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function.
Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists.
Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.
What Do We Offer?
- 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.
That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.
- 96% employee retention.
Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.
- 92% right-first-time shortlists.
Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.
- 28 days average time to hire.
From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.
Our Recruitment Solutions:
Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping
Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:
📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Website
- http://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0333 772 7200
- Location
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The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB
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