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Junior National Account Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, Buckinghamshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
11 Apr 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Job Details



One of the UK's fastest growing FMCG food companies, currently no. 2 in the UK snacks and Fingerfood. Expansion plans for 2018-19 are extensive and there is now a requirement for a Commercial Director to join our already high performing sales team.

Client Details

As the Junior National Account Manager you will be joining one of the UK's fastest growing FMCG food companies, currently no. 2 in the UK snacks and Fingerfood. Expansion plans for 2018-19 are extensive and there is now a requirement for a National Account Manager to join our already high performing sales team based in Buckinghamshire.

Description

Junior National Account Manager Responsibilities :
  • To manage designated accounts on a daily business.
  • To understand customer's strategy and objectives and align with where possible with company strategy.
  • Negotiate joint business plans with selected retailers in order to maximise sales volumes, turnover and profitability in accordance with objectives.
  • Planning promotional activity and effective execution with account/sales administration manager.
  • Delivering NPD plans in accordance with objectives.
  • Ensuring the implementation of the brand strategy.
  • Market and business intelligence (reporting) - knowledge and update of competitors.
  • Identify business opportunities within each account and develop plans to exploit them.
  • Clearly present plans to the team and ensure the team is aligned to deliver them.
  • Analyse sales performance by customer and report back to the business.


Profile

The Successful Junior National Account Manager will need :
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience in account management, with ideally experience in multiple retail channels. You must be a strong client relationship builder and negotiator as you will work on joint business plans with customers.
  • Communication skills, both written and the ability to present both internally and across a range of customer contacts.
  • Ability to plan and organise effectively across a wide range of customers and channels.
  • Strong team ethic.
  • Analytical ability - able to use national market, customer and internal data to create compelling selling stories for internal and external customers.
  • A strong knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Attention to detail - creating customer proposals, new line forms, promotional proposals etc.






Job Offer

Competitive Basic Salary + Package

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

Join in the discussion in our LinkedIn group Michael Page Sales - UK

 

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