Account Manager

Location: Midlands / within 2 hours of York

Salary: Competitive

Business Entity: Reach

Brand/Department: Nestle

Contract Type: Permanent 

Position Type: Full Time

Your next career starts with Acosta Europe.

Acosta Europe is an exceptional business that cares about its people.  We are part of one of the largest Sales and Marketing agencies in the world, and currently seeking an Account Manager to represent our partner, Nestlé. A client facing role to be the key strategic lead for the Nestlé Categories you are responsible for; driving the strategic direction and actionable insight for Nestlé through the deliverables of the field teams and for Acosta through maximising opportunities available to become an action driven, indispensable partner.  

Job Title: Account Manager

Reporting to: Business Unit Controller

Location: Home Based (extensive travel required)

Salary : Competitive

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Strategy:

• Working with your Category teams within Nestlé, fully understand and align the Acosta strategy to theirs, being the linchpin between the category and the recommendations, initiatives, and deliverables for Acosta Europe.
• Own the relationship between Acosta and your respective Category and become the Category expert within the business.

Leadership:

• Working with other Category Controllers & the Field Execution Controller to ensure that the strategic plans for your category are achievable and distilled to the team, to guide and motivate them to deliver against their KPIs.
• Ensure that the client and the group business strategy, vision and objectives are understood by all team members and that they are motivated to deliver against them.

Client Relationship Development:

•  Responsible for building key multi-level relationships with relevant people within the client’s business across Field support, sales, marketing, category management, insights and  supply chain.

Other Responsibilities include Reporting, Insight & Evaluation and Communication

Guiding Principles:

Our culture is at the core of everything we do. Our relationships and behaviours are interwoven with our Guiding Principles which represent who we are, what we stand for and how we conduct ourselves.

To safeguard our culture, everyone in Acosta Europe aspires to and operates in-line with our Guiding Principles:

Acosta Europe is an equal opportunities employer.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams.

We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work!

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.