Company: JOBSHOP UK LIMITED
Job Type: Permanent, FullTime
Salary: £32,000 - £37,000 per annum
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