We are looking for a highly dynamic and experienced National Account Manager who will be responsible for the growth and profit of specific HoReCa & Bakery chain accounts throughout the UK. As an ambitious, experienced and highly motivated individual you will be able to quickly build relationships with customers and have a good understanding of how to drive growth through these customers. BC is a huge business to the ability to work cross functionally and be a team player is a must.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
Focus on growing and developing existing customers, together with generating new business (eg introduction of new products, focusing on our value added products)
Understand customer market, capability & position to create joint business plans that drive growth across BC’s product range (eg chocolate, decorations, specialties, cocoa, hot chocolate)
Develop positive working relationships with key stakeholders within the customer including sales, buying, technical, NPD & supply chain
Provide reports on customer and competitor activity, taking responsibility to share/take action where necessary
Arrange and manage quarterly business reviews with key customers
Coordinate Trade Marketing activities for your key customers
Contract Management: ensure timely administration of contract bookings and payments including formal follow up with appropriate parties eg customer/pricing officer/ credit control
EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Educated to degree level (preferably in a relevant field of study such as business, economics, or food science) with strong planning, organisation, and prioritising skills
Presentation Skills – outstanding presentation, verbal and written communication skills
Strong Account Management Skills and relationship building skills
Ability to analyse and manipulate data with strong computer literacy across Google, MS (Excel predominantly), SAP & Salesforce applications
Experience of anaysing market information and forecasting sales opportunities
Effective end to end project management
5+ years FMCG experience managing Chain Accounts
Experience managing a full P&L
Full accountability for achieving sales targets and reporting requirements
Demonstrated quantitative skills; ability to quickly learn in a very fast paced business environment.
Industry knowledge about foodservice and or manufacturing is preferred
Experience working with national distributors and foodservice operators is a strong plus
Technical knowledge: Experience on foodservice applications, machinery, food production is a strong plus
Preferably, experience in different segments and sub segments where our customers are active in: Bakery & Pastry, HoReCa, Chocolate Confectionary or Ice-Cream
Problem Solving/Analysis – define problems and identify solutions quickly; capable of implementing solutions
Business acumen: including analytical & quantitative analysis incl. financial understanding
Experienced in managing and influencing cross functional stakeholders/ regions.
Sound awareness of macroeconomics
Previous experience working using the contracting or pricelist model