National Account Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, South East England
- Salary
- £40000 - £50000 per annum
- Closing date
- 29 Jul 2019
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts
Job Details
A great opportunity to join a market leading business with huge growth potential and fantastic team and company culture.
Client Details
My client is a market leading drinks business with a number of household named brands and products. They have a great company culture and huge growth potential across multiple channels. They are now looking for a National Account Manager to join their team based in South East England to manage and grow the convenience channel.
Description
The National Account Manager's main responsibilities will be:
- Develop long term strategic business plan for channel / specific accounts
- Lead cross functional working to deliver robust DAVP (distribution, Availability, Visibility, Promotion) plans by customer
- Manage portfolio mix to maximise profit and value sales
- Ongoing planning and management of promotions throughout the trading year providing supporting analysis where required - aligning to key events and ATL.
- Develop integrated contact strategy across key accounts to develop relationships and unlock sales opportunities
- Lead monthly account review meetings as part of the internal Business Planning Cycle providing insights on drivers of performance
- Prepare for and lead customer facing meetings as part of an integrated contact strategy.
- Lead quarterly internal business reviews (ICP - Integrated Commercial Planning)
- Gather key customer information, understand trading variables, build and negotiate subsequent joint business plans
Profile
The successful candidate will ideally display:
- Educated to A Level equivalent standard
- Minimum of 2 years sales experience within a fast paced FMCG environment
- Demonstrable track record of achievement/willingness to take on additional responsibility
- Proficient in Power point and Excel
- Industry experience and wine knowledge (preferable - WSET Level 1 & 2)
Job Offer
This is a great opportunity for a truly amazing business with great culture and values. They offer great flexibility alongside a generous package and have a track record for developing their staff. The National Account Manager role will be home based with travel to their South East location once or twice a week.
For more information please apply.
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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