Thirsk or Crick | Permanent | Hybrid
We're excited to be recruiting for an Account Executive to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced commercial professional, perfect for someone passionate about sales growth, customer relationships, and delivering insight-led results.
You'll be responsible for supporting the day-to-day management of key customer accounts, delivering sustained profitable growth, and providing insight and analysis to drive commercial performance.
About us
INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is an innovative, well-established, and award-winning pet food manufacturer employing over 1,200 colleagues across the UK and Europe. Our family of brands includes Harringtons, Wagg, Barking Heads & Meowing Heads, AATU, Blink, Butcher's, Classic, Pro-Nutrition, and Ultra Premium Direct, along with a number of partner brands that trust us to produce food on their behalf. Our kitchens in Thirsk, Kinmel, and Crick produce a wide range of dry, wet, and baked foods enjoyed by dogs and cats all over the world. Our ambition is simple: to become a global leader in pet nutrition.
Our Purpose: To create happiness
We're on a mission to set a new standard of workplace happiness within the pet nutrition industry-one that looks like no other and feels like no other. Our culture is built on INSPIRED's unique behaviours and colleague experience, creating an environment that excites, empowers, and puts people and pets at the heart of everything we do.
Responsibilities
Manage day-to-day customer account requirements, ensuring high levels of service and responsiveness
Support the wider sales team to deliver customer expectations and commercial objectives
Contribute to account planning, forecasting, and ongoing account management activities
Provide customer and category insights to identify opportunities for growth
Support promotional planning, trade spend tracking, invoicing, and ROI analysis
Validate and maintain accuracy of sales data, forecasts, and reporting
Deliver timely and accurate weekly and monthly sales reports
Maintain customer data and share key business updates cross-functionally
Build strong working relationships internally and with customers
About you
Degree calibre with strong commercial awareness and business understanding
Experience within FMCG or a similar fast-paced commercial environment
Strong analytical and numerical skills with attention to detail
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently
Confident working with data, reporting, and forecasting tools
A proactive mindset with the ability to identify opportunities and drive improvements
Strong relationship-building skills with both internal and external stakeholders
At INSPIRED, we want to inspire colleagues to join, stay, develop, and achieve, creating an inclusive and sustainable business fit for growth. One of the enablers of achieving this, is to offer competitive pay and benefits to all colleagues.
Our Total Reward Benefits include:
Hybrid and flexible working
Annual bonus related to personal and company performance
Enhanced pension, life assurance, and enhanced maternity, paternity, sick pay, and holiday buy options
People and Pets First benefits, including paw-reavement and paw-ternity leave and bring your dog to work
Healthcare cashback plan and Hertility at-home fertility testing
Heavily discounted pet food and lifestyle benefits (Netflix, Spotify, or breakdown cover)
Retail and gym discounts, electric car scheme, and free onsite parking and electric car charging
Onsite canteen, free hot drinks, and modern facilities
See all our INSPIRED benefits here
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
INSPIRED Pet Nutrition is committed to building an inclusive workplace that reflects the diversity of the colleagues and communities we serve. We believe everyone should feel valued, respected and able to be themselves at work. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We make hiring decisions based on talent, potential and the experience you bring.
We are also committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, ensuring equitable access and opportunity for all. If you need any adjustments or support to take part in our recruitment process, please let us know by emailing recruitment@inspiredpetnutrition.com
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