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National Account Manager

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
Predominantly home based, but touch base to their Northern Office once a week
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
16 Oct 2019

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

Job Details

Do you want to work for an established but rapidly expanding snacking business that produce both branded and OL goods? This fantastic corporation currently sell into major Wholesalers such as SPAR and Costco and have exposure into Grocery customers also.

They are looking for you to come on board and drive their Grocery and Convenience channels across their branded product lines. If you can bring a strong skillset/contact book from the Top 6, this will be highly desirable. They are seeking a passionate Account Manager to join their intimate, fast paced team. You will come with an entrepreneurial mind and the attitude to make a positive impact to ultimately drive forward growth.

You will be supported by the Sales Director as you manage their existing customers, plan promotions, organising marketing activities and support future NPD. You will also be experience in New Business Development and looking for a new challenge where you can utilise this skillset.

You will be predominantly home based, but touch base to their Northern office once a week. You will be the face of the brand when visiting your customers to build and expand upon the relationships.

You will have previous FMCG branded snacking experience and evidence of working with the major multiples/major convenience stores, however personality and culture fit is highly important for this business also.

If the above resonates with you and you are looking for your new challenge within the snacking sector, please do not hesitate to be in touch.

Please send your CV to Fiona Prescott or call me on 0207 871 8000. You can also email me on Fiona.prescott@advocate-group.co.uk

At The Advocate Group, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your data – These can be viewed on our website via our privacy policy.

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/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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