National Account Manager - Grocery
- Employer
- Advocate Group
- Location
- High Wycombe
- Salary
- £40k - 53k per year + Market Leading Bonus
- Closing date
- 23 Mar 2019
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
Are you an experienced National Account Manager for that next step?
Seen as the market leader in their industry this business is a globally recognised healthy-option brand who are investing in innovation and brand building to drive long-term profitabile growth.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced National Account Manager to join a diverse team and to take control of their key accounts such as Asda, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Morrison's as well as working closely with their distributor to support new product development as well as successfully executing joint business plans.
This truly is a great business, not only due to their market presence but they also recognise work life balance is important with summer hours during the months of April to September meaning a 12pm finish on Fridays!
Package Details:
- A salary of £40,000 - £53,000 DOE
- Pension & Bonus Scheme
- Office Based
- Car allowance
- 12pm finish on Fridays during the Summer
Key Responsibilities of the National Account Manager:
- Reporting to the Sales Director
- Develop and maintain strong relationships within retails and independent chains such as Morrison's, Sainsbury's, Asda & Waitrose
- Work closely with the Distributor to develop NDP's & JBP's
Required Skills & Experience:
- The ideal candidate will come from a strong background within the grocery channels
- Ideally a background working within healthy foods but other food categories will be considered
- Strong business development experience as well as account management
- Previous experience within a National Account Manager role or National Account Executive who is looking to take the next step in their career
To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to Daniel Smith: Daniel.smith@advocate-group.co.uk or, alternatively, submit your application via the link below.
To Contact Direct:
Please call me directly to discuss this exciting role 0207 871 8000
Please also connect with me via Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-smith-38111081/
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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