National Account Manager

Müller UK & Ireland; Market Drayton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK dairy sector seeks a National Account Manager to join the Müller Yogurt & Desserts team. This key role involves developing strong customer relationships, executing strategic business opportunities, and ensuring efficient management of accounts. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills, creativity, and resilience to thrive in a dynamic environment. Competitive salary and generous benefits package included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus scheme

Health care

Flexible benefits

Discounts across 800 retailers

Qualifications

• Ability to educate customers about the brand.
• Strong customer relationship skills.
• Understanding of commercial strategies.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute new business development strategies.
• Negotiate with existing accounts.
• Manage internal and external relationships effectively.
• Conduct thorough reporting and administration.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Commercial Strategies

Relationship Building

Creativity

Resilience

Job description

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, which employs over 31,000 people across Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 British farmers. Müller is ranked within the top 20 in the Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s biggest brands and is available on shelves millions of times each year.

Müller UK & Ireland includes:

1. Müller Milk & Ingredients: Aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader, producing branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter, and ingredients, with a network of dairies and depots servicing customers nationwide.
2. Müller Yogurt & Desserts: The UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer, responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj, and Müller Kefir Smoothie. It also produces chilled desserts under license from Mondelez International and supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a state-of-the-art facility.

Position: National Account Manager

Type: Full Time – Permanent

Location: Market Drayton – Hybrid

Müller has been an iconic household brand in the UK for over 30 years, transforming the yogurt and desserts market to become the 8th most chosen FMCG brand, consumed by more than half of UK households each year.

A unique opportunity has arisen to join the Muller Yogurt & Desserts Commercial team as National Account Manager (Top 4 retailer), responsible for branded products. The role is based at our Market Drayton head office.

Main Responsibilities Include:

• Be an inspirational leader demonstrating the 3E’s behaviors and increasing internal networks.
• Build and execute a structured approach to developing and delivering new business opportunities that significantly impact the category.
• Negotiate effectively to develop existing accounts in a commercially sustainable manner.
• Develop strong customer relationships, highlighting Müller’s benefits beyond price.
• Enhance your people management skills by working effectively with your team and support functions.
• Be a customer and category expert, bringing valuable insights into the Müller business.
• Ensure accurate internal and external admin/reporting.
• Manage support functions across Supply Chain, Marketing, Category, and Controlling to ensure efficient customer management internally and externally.

Key Requirements:

• Passion for the Müller brand and ability to educate customers on its potential and opportunities.
• Challenge the status quo with well-structured ideas and improvements.
• Creativity to maximize brand performance.
• Understanding of commercial strategies and customer/channel structures.
• Resilience to face challenges.
• Authentic leadership that energizes and encourages high performance.
• Supportive attitude to improve internal functions for the overall business success.
• Ability to sell ideas with well-structured arguments and positivity.

Müller offers support for your development, a competitive salary, bonus scheme, health care, pension, employee assistance, generous leave, flexible benefits, and discounts across 800 retailers.

The Process:

If interested and qualified, please apply via www.mullercareers.co.uk. #L1 – MB1 #pinksquid

Contact Details:

F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ