Senior National Account Manager (Grocery)

COREcruitment; England; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior National Account Manager for a prominent drinks brand in the UK. This role focuses on managing large grocery accounts like Tesco and Asda. The ideal candidate should have FMCG experience and a strong sales strategy background. This position offers a salary of up to £70,000 plus benefits and requires one day a week in the Midlands office.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in the Drinks FMCG sector, managing grocery accounts.
• Track record of maximizing sales and ensuring brand awareness.
• Self-starter with a target-driven approach.

Responsibilities

• Sell and promote the company’s product portfolio to grocery channels.
• Develop strategies for business growth based on client metrics.
• Build new business while maintaining current accounts.

Skills

Account management

Sales strategy development

Relationship building

Negotiation

Customer-oriented approach

Job description

Senior National Account Manager (Grocery) – Leading Drinks Business – National – Up to £70,000 plus package

An exciting opportunity has gone live to work with an established and instantly recognizable drinks brand covering the length of the United Kingdom.This client boasts a fantastic range of products, an excellent culture and the chance to progress within the business.This client has years in the business!

They are seeking a Senior National Account Manager to join the team to lead the account management with multiple large scale Grocery accounts, such as Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s.The Senior National Account Manager will instrumental in delivering business growth with existing accounts and optimizing on sales strategies.

The ideal Senior National Account Manager will have a passion for the Drinks Industry and have experience managing multiple grocery partnerships at a national level.

This role will be ONE DAY per week in the Midlands office.

Senior National Account Manager Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for selling, promoting and delivering the company’s product portfolio and delivering its revenue targets across the leading Grocery channels.
• Develop and implement strategies to deliver on growth of the business through client metric scoring and growth patterns.
• Building new business along with maintaining current accounts – predominantly across National Food service and wholesale.
• Maximising sales through relationship building with wholesale partners, along with customer analysis through their partnership programme.
• Planning, organising and facilitating client meetings

The Ideal Senior National Account Manager candidate:

• Previous experience working with Drinks FMCG across the Grocery sector – having managed accounts such as Tesco, Asda, Morrisons or Lidl.
• Proven track record in managing accounts, maximising on sales opportunities and ensuring brand awareness.
• Be a self-starter who is driven to succeed, target and financially driven
• A customer-oriented approach to account management which aims to exceed expectations.
• A strong and assertive style to self-management and motivation.
• Able to negotiate, delivery training and competently explain soft drink product range.

If you are interested in having a chat about this role, please forward updated CV’s to Mark at COREcruitment / [e-mail]

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