Senior National Account Manager - Grocery
- Employer
- Better Placed Recruitment
- Location
- England, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 23 Dec 2021
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
Senior National Account Manager - Grocery - Top Four
- £60,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus
- Double digit growth brand, with big ambition
- Fantastic senior leadership team
- Yorkshire - Hybrid Working
Better Placed are working closely with a scaling FMCG business that are at the forefront of growing this innovative category in the UK. The business is now looking to appoint an energetic, driven Senior / National Account Manager to join their high performing commercial team.
Key Responsibilities for the National Account Manager:
As the National Account Manager for a select number of major retail accounts, you will be responsible for the full range of commercial tasks. You will be the main point of contact to ensure your customers execute promotion plans as agreed, you drive growth through new listings and providing strategic recommendations to enable delivery of budgeted sales objectives.
The position will require you to work cross functionally with Marketing, NPD, Production and Logistics and manage all aspects of sales account relationships with buyers, merchandisers and other key contacts. It is essential you obtain buy in from both internal and external departmental contacts and manage implementation. You will maintain a high level of awareness of market trends to identify opportunities to drive growth.
You will be responsible for:
- Setting a strategy, plan & budget to deliver commercial objectives
- Deliver budgeted sales, spend and profit measures
- Creating a Joint Business Plan with the customer that delivers against external & internal objectives
- Work with Marketing & Category to close distribution gaps and deliver New Product Launch plans (distribution, display, turnover targets)
- Work with Category & Marketing to drive Customer range review delivery, and post review evaluation & future recommendations
- Manage contracts - identify & win new business; defend & retain existing business, as appropriate within business strategy
What's on offer?
- Competitive salary and an excellent package
- The opportunity to be part of a business with one of the strongest cultures in FMCG
- A great working environment, with likeminded, driven individuals, who work together as a collaborative and dynamic team
- Outstanding opportunities for development, and a business that promotes from within
- Autonomy to manage your own Top 4 account
- Excellent surrounding teams, with experts in Category & Marketing to liaise with and create the best possible results
Company
With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.
In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.
- Website
- http://www.betterplaced.com/
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