National Account Executive

Based: Christchurch - 2 days in the office and the 3 days working from home.

Salary: £32,000 - £37,000 DOE

Our client has a great opportunity for a bright, driven and enthusiastic account executive who is looking for a career with excellent progression. They are looking for a proactive, commercially minded individual who can build lasting relationships, knows how to prioritise, learn quickly, and be open to a challenge - previous experience in a similar role with a passion for sales, FMCG or retail would be advantageous.

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• To drive sales with an allocated account base, maximising the company’s profitability
• Daily contact with the account base
• Providing constant market information to assigned accounts
• Report and analysis of accounts’ progress using validated sales data
• To oversee and ensure accurate orders, invoicing and stock management on your account base
• Work with internal buying teams and external manufacturers to secure ranging and price negotiations
• Dealing with any account issues with the national account manager
• Fulfilment of POS
• Manage customer awareness of issues, which may affect delivery of goods and services
• Work with supply chain teams to ensure delivery dates are met for account intake plans and the ability to manage critical timelines
• Work with internal departments to ensure all areas of the account are being run effectively and projects are within timeline
• Update your team on problems or issues solved and actions taken on accounts
• Ability to travel in the UK and abroad
• Ability to take ownership of projects with tight deadlines and ensuring all stakeholders are completing task in full
• The ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and stakeholders is essential

Experience and Knowledge:

• 1 Years’ experience in a National Account Exec role
• Analytical skills to review sales data, spot trends and SKU performance
• Ability and confidence in presenting in front of retailer buying teams
• Ability and confidence to run meetings internally and with suppliers and retailers
• Understanding of the retail environment and spotting opportunities to drive sales growth for retailers and the company
• Ability to use Excel, PowerPoint, Word and databases
• Knowledge and ability to execute marketing activities within retail / corporate channels
• Professional approach and good communication skills
• The ability and desire to be an account manager of the future
• Enthusiastic and passionate about good performance
• Commercially robust and good listening skills
• Attention to detail
• Time management skills
• Interest or experience in foods and the snacking industry

In turn we offer:

• Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
• 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Extensive benefits program including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
• Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff