Account Executive - CoOp FFL

Greencore Group; Spalding; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing centre access

Parental leave & menopause policies

Job summary

Greencore, a leading UK food manufacturer, is seeking an Account Executive to join our Sales team supporting the Co-op account. You will assist National Account Managers, ensuring top-tier service while collaborating with cross-functional teams across the business.

Ideal candidates will have a degree in Food/Nutrition Science or equivalent experience, strong numerical skills, and a full UK driving license. This role offers a competitive salary, holidays, pension contributions, and opportunities

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to degree level with a Food/Nutrition Science specialism or equivalent experience.
• Experience or knowledge of the food environment is desirable.
• Strong numerical ability and analytical skills; fully numerate.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day customer requirements, including research on shopper journey, product sampling and benchmarking sessions.
• Identify key insights on product range and actions with category and NPD teams and with the customer.
• As directed by the National Account Manager, assist in the promotional process of our products and activity.
• Provide category analysis to support customer innovation and category processes.
• Validation and checking of data sets to ensure business information is aligned (e.g. Sales forecast).
• Own and deliver a schedule of reporting to capture all business requirements.
• Maintain database of knowledge and data relating to our customer.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerate

Driving license

Education

Food/Nutrition Science degree

Job description

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business,we’reproud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What you'll be doing

We have an exciting opportunity for an Account Executive to join our Greencore Sales team, supporting the Co-op account.

If you're eager to grow in account management and want to make a real impact within a leading food distribution business, this role is for you. You will play a key role in supporting our National Account Managers, ensuring our valued customers receive the highest level of service while working closely with teams across the business.

Your day to day responsibilities will include:

• Manage all day to day customer requirements to include research on the shopper journey, product sampling and benchmarking sessions
• Identify key insights on our product range and actions internally with the category and NPD teams and with the customer
• As directed by the National Account Manager, you will be involved in the promotional process of our products and activity
• Provides category analysis to support the customer innovation and category process
• Validation and checking of sets of data to ensure business information is aligned (e.g. – Sales forecast)
• Own and deliver a schedule of reporting to capture all business requirements
• Maintain database of knowledge and data relating to our customer

What we’re looking for

• Ideally educated to degree level with a specialism in a Food/nutritionScience, have entered via an apprentice route or has equivalent work experience in a similar role/environment
• Has some experience / knowledge of food and the food environment
• Demonstrates analytical skills and is fully numerate
• Full UK driving license

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

What You’ll Get in Return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

At Greencore, we value individuality and believe our diverse teams are key to our success. You’ll be supported with continuous development opportunities and the chance to grow your career within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

We reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the specified closing date.

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