National Account Manager, FMCG Growth & Retail Partnerships

Lotus Bakeries; St Albans; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Lotus Natural Foods, the healthy snacking division of Lotus Bakeries, seeks a National Account Manager to lead Tesco and another UK grocery retailer. You will build strong cross-functional relationships and drive profitable sales through strategic plans and channel execution.

Based in our St Albans offices, this full-time role emphasizes delivering growth across product ranges, promotions, and customer insights, with a focus on top FMCG account management and collaboration with category teams.

Qualifications

• Right to work in the UK (no sponsorship)
• Bachelor’s degree from a top university; Master’s degree desirable

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Grocery with day-to-day management of our largest UK Grocery account (Tesco), plus sole responsibility for one additional Grocery retailer.
• Devise and deliver exceptional business plans with key customers, ensuring sales of our products are maximised at key trading periods.
• Build unrivalled cross-functional relationships with key customer contacts across buying, supply chain, category & format teams.
• Manage P&L and forecasting of assigned accounts and deliver value, volume and profit metrics.
• Extend our depth & breadth of product ranges within the retail markets.
• Utilise customer systems to maximise our sales including influencing availability, compliance, promotion management.
• Deliver top class visibility and penetration through bringing Kiddylicious alive across various channels within your accounts.
• Work with the Category Manager to deliver killer insights that drive significant business benefit.

Skills

Top FMCG accounts

Analytical

Relationship builder

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Masters degree desirable

Job description

Lotus Natural Foods, the healthy snacking division of Lotus Bakeries, seeks a National Account Manager to lead Tesco and another UK grocery retailer. You will build strong cross-functional relationships and drive profitable sales through strategic plans and channel execution.

Based in our St Albans offices, this full-time role emphasizes delivering growth across product ranges, promotions, and customer insights, with a focus on top FMCG account management and collaboration with category teams.