National Account Manager- Hybrid, Warwickshire

Job Description

Our client is a very successful Food Business with several well-loved brands and excellent staff retention.

The Company is recruiting for a National Account position within the branded team based in the Leamington Spa office. We seek a dynamic and driven individual with strong commercial acumen to support the growth of the Branded portfolio with key UK retailers and channels. This is an ideal opportunity to provide you with a solid foundation to build upon as you progress your career in sales management.

ROLE

Key Responsibilities:

• Pro-actively manage specific existing customer relationships while developing new key accounts that enable future growth opportunities.
• Ensure all day-to-day account issues are dealt with effectively and efficiently with a customer centric approach.
• Support the sales management and marketing team to deliver projects.
• Manage trade investments and run promotional post-evaluation and optimisation to drive ROI.
• Manage implementation of marketing initiatives in store and on-line, working with Sales & Marketing teams.

CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate would be of graduate calibre with 2-3 years of experience in an FMCG sales role with experience dealing with at least one of the Major Supermarkets. This could be someone who is already a National Account Manager or a National Account Executive looking for a step up.

• Degree qualified or equivalent.
• Minimum 2 to 3 years sales experience with an FMCG company or head office of a grocery retailer.
• Strong analytical capability and highly numerate.
• Solid multi-tasking, project management, and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrate positive energy to effectively represent brand internally/externally.
• Ambitious team player.
• Excellent Microsoft skills-Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Passion for food.

BENEFITS

£6K Car Allowance + Bonus
Private Healthcare
5% Matching Pension
Death in Service 4 x Salary
Holidays 28 Days + Banks

Mon-Fri Office Hours

Based Leamington spa – hybrid working, 3 days on site, 2 from home (Tuesday-Thursday office, Mon & Fri WFH).

If you are interested in this position then please forward a copy of your most up to date CV to andrew@drnewitt.com or contact Andrew Donaldson on 0131 226 5060.