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National Account Executive - Premium Chilled Foods

Employer
Food Industry Associates
Location
Wiltshire
Salary
Highly Competitive Salary, Pension & Life Assurance
Closing date
6 Aug 2018

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Category Management, National Accounts, Sales

Job Details

Company

One of Europe’s most successful manufacturers of high quality, innovate chilled food products have created a new opportunity for a Commercial Executive to drive and further develop their presence within their retail division. The parent company turnovers in excess of £1.2bn, they have established themselves as a leading supplier into the Retail channel. Within this business division they operate from 5 UK sites, supplying Waitrose with over 400 products across a number of chilled categories. The trading relationship with Waitrose dates back to the 1980s and is based on trust and mutual values.

Role

As Commercial Executive you will support the wider team in the development of the Waitrose Account. Reporting into the Commercial Manager, you will be given a great deal of mentoring and support with a view for the successful candidate to step into a Commercial Manager role. You will be tasked with maintaining and developing profitable business whilst taking overall ownership of the product category. You will work closely with a number of internal departments such as the Planning, Production, Logistics, Technical and NPD teams.

Requirements

To be considered for this role you must be a driven and dynamic individual with at least two years commercial experience in a short shelf life FMCG food environment . The successful candidate will demonstrate an energetic, positive “can-do” attitude with a desire to deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction. Relationship building is an integral part to this role, you will need to be able to demonstrate strong internal and external relationship building skills. You will have a keen eye for detail with proven analytical and numerical skills. This role would be an ideal step for an National Account Executive looking to take the next step in their Account Management career with a business that truly invests in their people.

If you would like any further information on this position, please contact Aidan Goodall on 0113 2160 878 or apply directly on aidan@foodindustryassociates.com

Company

For over a decade now, Food Industry Associates Ltd have proven to be a recruiter of choice for ambitious SME food and beverage manufacturers across the UK.  We don't recruit for the big corporates by choice.  Instead, we choose to work with companies with personality, entrepreneurial flare (not process), looking to disrupt the market with cutting edge innovation to provide consumers with better, healthier choices.

Are you an early stage start-up struggling to find the right solution to help you gain your fist listings in a specific customer channel before you can raise the budget to employ somebody on a permanent basis?  Maybe you know you need to source a commercial leader but aren't 100% clear in what format, or how to adequately incentivise somebody from a much larger business to join your mission?  Come speak to us.

If you're a more established business looking to bring fresh talent on board to drive ambitious sales targets, source a creative innovator to help you drive in to new extended categories, or looking to strengthen in marketing / category terms, again, come speak to us.

We've a proven record in recruiting talent for an array of businesses, helping them source commercial talent to help them achieve their goals.  From early stage sales talent through to equity-incentivised leadership roles, we've proven time and time again to find the right people for our clients at the first attempt.  

How are we different to most of our competitors?  Unlike most, we don't have as diverse a portfolio of clients we work with.  However all those we do work with continuously come back to us whenever they next have another need.  In our opinion successful recruitment is achieved when two businesses truly 'partner' and collaborate together.  In our opinion the better we know you, the better we understand all the extra elements aside from simple skillset and experience to ensure the right 'fit' is identified at the first attempt.  In our opinion, this is recruitment, done properly.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0113 3572245
Location
Food Industry Associates Ltd
Airebank House
419 Kirkstall Road
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS4 2EZ
GB

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