National Account Manager - bcorp Healthy Food Brand

Opportunity:

• £50,000 - £60,000, Up to 20% bonus, Vitality Healthcare, Pension Plan, 28 days holiday
• Buckinghamshire - 3 days hybrid working

This is a pivotal role. You will be a key member of the sales team and working directly with the Head of Sales on growing existing accounts. This role will give you AMAZING exposure to clients across multiple channels, sales negotiations, and key stakeholders, so if you are sales and career driven, this really is the role for you.

You'll be responsible for the day-to-day management and expansion of the Grocery channel, including Asda, Morrisons, Coop, & Ocado. You'll also have full account responsibility for some key retailers within the Convenience and Wholesale channel. This is an extremely exciting opportunity to work for a business that shows no signs of stopping. The aim is for the successful candidate to take control of all UK grocery within the next 18 months!

You'll be doing this:

• Agreeing & Negotiating JBPS for designated accounts.
• Category and sales reporting and analysis.
• Managing and agreeing to all the promotional activity within your account portfolio.
• Accountability of spend in the budget across all elements of the mix ie, promotions, fixed investment, online, and trade marketing spends.
• Focus on gaining new incremental business to grow the account base.
• Hunting for new business opportunities.

You
To help this business achieve its growth plans, they are looking for an enthusiastic, commercial, passionate, highly organised, and talented individual to join the team.

And you'll need this:

• FMCG sales experience, ideally within the food sector (though this is not essential).
• Analytical & commercial acumen.
• Previous experience within the Grocery, Convenience, and/or Wholesale Sectors is ideal.
• Some knowledge of category data, sources, cutting data, evaluating, and putting forward a sales proposition.
• Hands-on approach and a real go-getter.

Background
This B-Corp food brand has been pushing the boundaries of the chilled category for over 6 years and is now looking for an ambitious National Account Manager to support the business’s continued road to success, specifically within the grocery channel.

On a phenomenal growth path, this year alone they have doubled their revenue with no signs of slowing down. NPD, increased distribution and launching into new categories means this is the time to jump straight in!

Get in touch with me today at george.robinson@pie-recruitment.com if this sounds like the next exciting challenge for you or alternatively call 07885484489! Do not hang about as this opportunity will not stay around for long!