National Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, West Midlands
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 6 Apr 2018
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
The successful National Account Manager will be an integral member of the Grocery team with a market leader within the Beauty sector. Through extensive planned growth & future opportunities, this is a fantastic position for the successful candidate.
Client Details
My client are an award-winning business with well recognised brands who are looking to maximise further growth across the UK & Internationally. Through innovation, desire & an excellent business set-up they are looking to expand their commercial team with the addition of this senior position.
Description
The successful National Account Manager will do the following;
- Optimise net sales, visibility and profitability through the assigned grocery customers within agreed budgets & strategic guidelines
- Deliver against all set targets and business objectives within assigned customers
- Become the Channel & Customer expert
- Exceed expectations whilst maintaining service quality & delivery
- Build a strong presence in the Beauty & Personal Care sector
- Development and execution of Customer plans
- Act on opportunities & drive long term strategic nature of accounts
- Analysis and reporting as required internally and externally
- Attend all necessary internal and external meetings as required
Profile
The successful National Account Manager will have the following criteria
- Have previous experience in managing national accounts within Grocery (Top 4)
- Have a proven track record in exceeding sales targets
- First class communication skills & relationship building
- Be a strong negotiation
- Be a self-starter with the ability to think outside of the box
- Have strong commercial acumen and judgement, making key business decisions
- Be highly analytical, identifying new growth opportunities
- Ideally come from a health & beauty and/or gifting background
- Commutable to the West Midlands - office/home based working
Job Offer
Highly competitive salary with excellent benefits & long term career options
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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