Strategic Accounts Lead - Grocery - Drive Innovation in Strategic Retail Collaboration (London)

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online food delivery platform is seeking a Strategic Accounts Lead for their Grocery division in London. This pivotal role involves driving growth within the grocery vertical, managing key partnerships, and leading a team to ensure success on the Just Eat platform. The ideal candidate will have significant commercial experience and proven team leadership skills in the grocery sector, working closely with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience within the grocery sector, ideally online.
• Proven track record of successful team leadership and management.
• Ability to communicate, present, and influence credibly at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Grow the Grocery vertical on Just Eat and develop external brand relationships.
• Manage a team of grocery account managers overseeing day-to-day performance.
• Define the annual business plan with major branded partners.

Skills

Commercial Experience

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Thinking

Commercial Management

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Client:

Just Eat Takeaway.com

Location:

london, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job Description:

Ready for a challenge?

Then Just Eat Takeaway.com might be the place for you. We’re a leading global online food delivery platform, and our vision is to empower everyday convenience. Whether it’s a Friday-night feast, a post-gym poke bowl, or grabbing some groceries, our tech platform connects tens of millions of customers with hundreds of thousands of restaurant, grocery, and convenience partners across the globe.

About this role

In the past 3 years, the Grocery & Retail Strategic Accounts team has become an essential part of our UK strategic objectives. We've forged impactful partnerships with leading brands, including the Co-Op Group and Sainsbury’s, onboarding thousands of grocery sites nationwide. As a team Lead, you'll be pivotal to growing this exciting new vertical for Just Eat. You’ll collaborate with internal stakeholders to help advocate for Grocery as well as manage a team of commercial account managers trading our key partners. We’re looking for a superstar team Lead who can bring grocery commercial knowledge to our business and own the relationships with our external brands, driving their success on the Just Eat platform.

These are some of the key ingredients to the role:

• Provide the drive and energy to help grow the Grocery vertical on Just Eat and develop our external brand relationships to unlock opportunities
• Work closely and collaboratively with internal stakeholders (including Product & Tech, Delivery, Marketing, Operations, and global Retail stakeholders) to shape and define our Grocery proposition
• Own the commercial management of a wide portfolio of Grocery Convenience brands.
• Define our annual business plan with these major branded partners, working with the Strategic Account Managers and Executives to generate ideas and input, and with the Head of Grocery & Retail to ensure the plan covers the key business strategic objectives and overall functional goals.
• Manage a team of grocery account managers and executives who look after the day-to-day management and trading performance of our brands, including commercial trading across price, promotion and range
• Overall accountability for monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reviews with partners and the coordination of content and materials for Head of/Director-level reviews.

What will you bring to the table?

Significant commercial experience within the grocery sector, ideally online, and expertise from Convenience grocers such as Co-Op Group
Proven track record of successful team leadership and management
Proven ability to grow accounts through increased engagement, identification, and implementation of win-win opportunities and strategic thinking and planning.
Ability to manage internal and external stakeholders, working cross-functionally to achieve success
Demonstrable ability to communicate, present, and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of organisations
Track record of identifying challenges and resolving them with a positive commercial outcome

At JET, this is on the menu:

Our teams forge connections internally and work with some of the best-known brands on the planet, giving us truly international impact in a dynamic environment.
Fun, fast-paced and supportive, the JET culture is about movement, growth and about celebrating every aspect of our JETers. Thanks to them we stay one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging

No matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or where you are from, you can find your place at Just Eat Takeaway.com. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture, encouraging diversity of people and thinking, in which all employees feel they truly belong and can bring their most colourful selves to work every day.

What else are we delivering?

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Are you ready to take your seat? Apply now!

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