National Account Executive – FMCG
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Salary: £42,000 per year
Salary Details: c£42,000, car, bonus, pension, healthcare
Our client is a multi-national food business with a world class product portfolio and excellent trading relationships with the major UK grocery multiples. Due to continued growth, they are now looking for an experienced National Account Executive to support the Senior National Account Manager across some of the top 4 UK grocery multiples to deliver account-specific objectives in terms of sales, profit, promotion & distribution.
You will work closely with the Senior National Account Manager, the Retail Sales Director, the customers, external agencies and the internal Marketing & Supply Chain teams to drive both branded & private label new product opportunities, and will act as a key point of contact for the customers on pricing & promotional issues. You will also be tasked with monitoring availability, sales, inbound and waste, and identifying opportunities in the supply chain to improve performance. As part of your key objectives you will be actively involved with the category team in developing growth-focused category presentations using available research data.
The ideal candidate will be of graduate calibre with strong numerical analysis skills, & a minimum of 2 years of FMCG commercial experience. Your background may be from territory or account management in the multiple retail, out-of-home or wholesale sector or an Account Executive working with any of the above sets of customers.
You will be energetic and enthusiastic, with the ability to communicate and build relationships at all levels both within the business, but also with the customer and external agencies. Strong numeracy & Excel skills are essential.
This position will give the successful individual a unique opportunity to help shape the future direction of the customer relationship, and will open up fast, exciting career development prospects towards Senior National Account Management.
Skills Required
Minimum of 2 years of FMCG commercial experience
Highly numerate
Excellent planning & organising skills
Qualifications Required
Graduate (ideal)
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