Account Executive

The Advocate Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Senior leadership exposure

Development-focused team

National account path

Job summary

The Advocate Group is partnering with a leading FMCG business to recruit an Account Executive in London. The role supports the National Team across Grocery and wholesale portfolios, handling day-to-day commercial administration, forecasting, spend tracking, promotions, and reporting.

You’ll gradually gain exposure to customer meetings and store visits, building confidence presenting our drinks portfolio to buyers.

Responsibilities

• Support the wider Grocery and Wholesale sales team across day-to-day commercial administration.
• Forecasting, spend tracking, promotional administration, new line forms, SKU changes, and reporting.
• Managing customer communications including regular reports, category updates, and buyer support packs.
• Attend trade exhibitions and represent the product portfolio to customers with confidence.
• Gaining exposure to customer meetings, store visits, account accompaniments, and product development.
• Provide excellent customer service and build strong customer relationships.

Job description

Account Executive

£35,000 + Bonus

London (2 days per week in office)

We’re proud to be exclusively partnering with a leading FMCG business on a key hire within its Commercial division. With a strong portfolio of well-known drinks brands across retail, foodservice, hospitality, and wholesale, this is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and established business.

This is a highly developmental commercial role, supporting the National Team across the Grocery and wholesale customer portfolio.

If you're commercially curious, organised, confident, and looking to build your commercial experience with a view to progressing into National Account Executive, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role:

• Support the wider Grocery and Wholesale sales team across day-to-day commercial administration.
• Supporting forecasting, spend tracking, promotional administration, new line forms, SKU changes, and reporting
• Managing customer communications, including regular reports, category updates, and buyer support packs
• Attending trade exhibitions and developing confidence in representing the product portfolio to customers
• Gradually gaining exposure to customer meetings, store visits, account accompaniments, and product development
• Providing excellent customer service and building strong customer relationships
• Supporting the wider team when required and taking ownership of agreed tasks and projects
• Build strong customer relationships and provide excellent day-to-day customer service.

About You:

We re open to a range of backgrounds. You could be a bright graduate looking for your first FMCG commercial opportunity, or someone with previous experience in sales administration, customer service, account support or FMCG who is ready to take the next step.

You ll ideally be:

• Commercially curious, proactive and keen to develop a career in sales or account management.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and working to tight deadlines.
• A quick learner who can work at pace in a busy commercial environment.
• Confident, personable and articulate when communicating with customers and internal teams.
• Strong with Excel, Microsoft Office, numbers and data.
• Keen, enthusiastic, resilient and commercially ambitious.
• Previous Grocery, FMCG, food, drink, wholesale or foodservice experience is beneficial but not essential.
• Retailer portal experience would be advantageous, but we re equally happy to consider a strong graduate without this experience.

Benefits:

• Genuine career development and progression opportunities
• Exposure to National Account Managers and senior commercial leadership
• Supportive and development-focused team environment
• Clear opportunity to progress towards a National Account Executive career

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

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