Senior National Account Executive

Ignite; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing day per month (12 annually)

Free products

Job summary

Ignite in London is seeking a Senior National Account Executive to drive growth across key retail partners and manage a portfolio of smaller accounts. This role is ideal for someone early in their sales career with ambition to progress toward a NAM position.

You will support day-to-day account management, forecast data, and promotions planning, using strong Excel/Sheets skills and a detail‑oriented, can-do mindset to deliver measurable results.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in sales, account management, customer success, or commercial operations.
• Exposure to national or large regional retailers (UK preferred).
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills with confidence working with sales and forecasting data.
• Familiarity with trade spend, promotions, forecasting or supply planning.
• Experience with retailer portals is a strong plus.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Clear, confident communicator with a “can-do” mentality.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day management and growth of key retail accounts.
• Own a selection of small but mighty accounts and contribute to overall growth and future NAM progression.

Skills

Sales experience

Retail account exposure

Excel/Google Sheets

Trade spend/promotions forecasting

Retailer portals experience

Organised, detail-oriented

Clear communication

Job description

Ignite are delighted to be working with one of the fastest-growing and successful Personal Care Challenger brands who are making HUGE moves in their category. They have a strong Retail presence already and are looking for a breakthrough Senior National Account Executive to join the team and help skyrocket their growth.

This role supports the day-to-day management and growth of key retail accounts, whilst owning a selection of small but mighty individual accounts as well. This role is ideal for someone who is early on in their Sales career and is excited to learn how retail accounts operate - with a clear development pathway toward a future NAM position.

What skills do you need to have to be considered?

• Minimum 2 years' experience in sales, account management, customer success, or commercial operations
• Exposure to national or large regional retailers (UK preferred)
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills with confidence working with sales and forecasting data
• Familiarity with trade spend, promotions, forecasting or supply planning
• Experience with retailer portals is a strong plus
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Clear, confident communicator with a “can-do” mentality.

In return for everything you can bring, the business can offer you :

• Competitive basic salary (up to £42k, depending on experience)
• 1 wellbeing day per month (12 annually!)
• As many free products as you like!

People are at the heart of everything we do. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process that means people can be their best authentic self.

We would love to reply to all applications, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive, so if you do not hear back within 14 days unfortunately on this role it won’t be progressing. It is possible that the position could be in the process of closing, so chalk it up to bad timing. But, have no fear! There will be more opportunities. Follow us so you don’t miss them.