National Account Executive - Co-Op Nisa

Red Bull; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy drink company is hiring a National Account Executive to enhance growth and strengthen customer relationships. This role involves driving business plans, managing financial operations, and acting as a brand advocate. Successful candidates will have a proven track record in a commercial environment and strong negotiation skills. This opportunity is based in the UK, and applications will close on the 12th of August at 12pm.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of achievement in a commercial environment.
• Experience in negotiating and running a joint business plan.
• Excellent communication, organisational and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to handle and evaluate sales data effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver growth targets driven by aligned business plans.
• Forecast and track development of accounts for informed decisions.
• Proactively manage customer contact strategy to remove obstacles.
• Build and maintain internal contact strategies to meet KPIs.
• Act as a brand advocate to enhance brand perception.

Skills

Commercial achievement

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Sales data evaluation

Job description

Overview

Red Bull UK is currently recruiting for a National Account Executive - Nisa to be based in the UK. The National Account Executive (NAE) will work alongside the National Account Manager (NAM) and is responsible for the achievement of volume, share, profit and net revenue targets across Nisa. The NAE will also work closely with the wider Red Bull & Grocery Channel, National Account Teams, Supply Chain, Finance, Customer Marketing and Category Management teams. The strategic direction of the Company is to be followed with emphasis on the key pillars within the Off Premise sales team.

This role includes P&L review and analysis across Coop & Nisa as well as the support and development of the overall joint business plan to deliver profitable growth. The role also includes collaboration with the BUC and NAM to ensure delivery of the wider team’s objectives whilst continuing to build a winning strategy focused on distribution, share of space and additional placements to win value share.

Job Applications will close on the 12th August at 12pm.

All the responsibilities we\'ll trust you with:

• ACHIEVEMENT OF AGREED GROWTH PLANS BY ACCOUNT Deliver growth targets driven by business plans that are aligned and relevant to the customer’s and Red Bull’s priorities. Post-evaluation of activity within account with learnings applied.

FORECASTING, EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT

• Forecast, drive growth and track development of the account to be able to make well informed, accurate and timely business decisions.
• Manage end to end invoicing process ensuring collaboration and alignment with internal and external Finance teams.
• Ensure accurate forecasts of base, promotional & feature volume and point of sale material, with subsequent evaluation of activities undertaken for future implementation.
• Management, alongside the NAM, of finance and operations cycles including month end close, sales & operations planning & channel review meetings.
• Track, analyse and share weekly customer EPOS to be shared with relevant cross-functional contacts.

CUSTOMER CONTACT STRATEGY

• Proactively manage customer contact strategy to remove obstacles to progress.
• Timely meetings with key contacts to ensure development of overall business plan.
• Contacts will include, but not be limited to, Commercial, Logistics, Category, Finance and Operations.

RED BULL CONTACT STRATEGY

• Build and maintain internal contact strategy to help meet overall account KPI’s.
• To include collaboration with Category Management, Logistics, Finance, Net Revenue Management, Brand & Shopper Marketing teams.

BRAND ADVOCATE

• To be a brand advocate to your customer, the trade and Red Bull and mirror the brand values to always deliver enhanced brand perception.

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role:

• Proven track record of achievement in within a commercial environment
• Experience of negotiating and running a joint business plan
• Excellent communication, organisational and presentation skills
• Proven ability to handle, evaluate and utilise sales data and insights effectively

At Red Bull, we exist to give people wiiings. To achieve that, we recognise the value that comes from having a highly diverse workforce that has the freedom and responsibility to realise their ideas and seize opportunities. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills, potential and talent: everyone is welcome here.