National Account Manager - Grocery

National Account Manager – Grocery West Midlands £55-60k + 10% bonus + Car Allowance Our client: • High growth FMCG business with a predominantly private label portfolio and a broad range of customers spanning top 4 grocery, discounters & convenience. • Culture built on rewarding individuals for driving growth, ultimately incentivising the team to deliver excellence (Customer Relationships & Account growth) has meant the organisation has seen strong growth in recent years. • They are now looking to appoint a dynamic National Account Manager to join them and manage their grocery relationships. The role: • We are looking for a National Account Manager to deliver strategic partnership with major grocery customers. • You would be fully P+L responsible when managing the relationships, driving forward the customer’s vision and plan across the cross functional team. • Own and grow key customer relationships, developing strategic account plans, leading JBP and range review negotiations, and delivering sales, profit and market share objectives across own-label products. • Manage full commercial performance and P&L accountability, including forecasting, pricing, trade investment, promotional planning and performance analysis to ensure profitable growth and strong return on investment. • Act as the voice of the customer internally, collaborating cross-functionally to execute plans, drive projects, communicate key insights, and ensure alignment across sales, marketing, category, supply chain and finance teams. Ideal National Account Manager candidate: • This is a truly exciting opportunity for someone currently in a National Account Manager role or has worked extensively with grocery / discounter customers. • Successful candidates for this National Account Manager role will come with a track-record of success within FMCG account management or Retail Buying within UK retail – ideally with 4+ years of experience. • You will have a genuine flair for building customer relationships and a ‘can do’ attitude is a must. Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 10/17705/7. Confidentiality assured. Whilst we would like to respond to all our on-line applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive. If you do not hear back within 14 days unfortunately the relevant consultant has decided not to progress with your application. For alternative opportunities please search our vacancies on this site. Seven Search & Selection Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary (interim) workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C’s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found right at the bottom of this page.