We’re recruiting a Senior National Account Manager to play a pivotal role in driving growth across our retail customer base. Based Staines head office and hybrid.
This is a high-impact, senior commercial role with full P&L accountability, clear growth objectives, and the backing of a business investing confidently in its future.
Depending on your experience and strengths, you’ll focus on one of two key growth areas :
🔹 Value-Added Eggs (Chilled & Frozen) Driving expansion of our cooked and innovative egg portfolio through major multiple retailers, with a strong emphasis on innovation, NPD, and new business development .
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🔹 Shell Egg Category Leadership Leading and growing our established shell egg business, managing two major multiple accounts and delivering sustainable, profitable growth through outstanding execution, partnership, and category insight.
What you’ll be responsible for:
· Owning and delivering sales, revenue, and growth targets
· Full P&L responsibility for major multiple retail accounts
· Developing and executing account plans to drive long-term value
· Building and strengthening senior customer relationships
· Negotiating and securing long-term commercial agreements
· Identifying and converting new business opportunities
· Collaborating cross-functionally with operations, supply chain, marketing, category, and product development
· Supporting and delivering a compelling innovation pipeline
· Providing accurate forecasting, reporting, and performance updates to senior leadership
About you:
You’re a commercially astute account leader who thrives in a fast-moving retail environment and enjoys turning strategy into results.
You’ll bring:
· Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills
· Excellent analytical and strategic thinking
· Solid understanding of UK food retail dynamics and consumer trends
· Proven experience in contract management
· Confident presentation and reporting capability
· A results-driven, growth-focused mindset
· Ability to work independently while collaborating cross-functionally
Experience & qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field
· 3–5+ years’ experience in sales or business development within the food retail industry
· Track record of delivering revenue growth and account expansion
Our shared commitments:
We’re committed to health & safety, sustainability, and social responsibility. You’ll be part of a business that is a family-owned company and began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands, including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg co., Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.
In a recent survey by Best Companies we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.
We believe the most successful teams are formed from a diverse talent pool and we strive to employ a wide variety of individuals in our business, selecting the best qualified person for each role regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristics.
What can we offer you?
* Competitive basic salary, company car + bonus + raft of benefits
* Service Awards
* Enhanced paternity and maternity
* Free life insurance
* Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme
* Access to Perkbox with a variety of discounts including a monthly freebie from Greggs or Café Nero
* Discounted eggs and chicken
* A Celebration day after 1 years service enjoy an extra day off to celebrate a life event, such as your birthday
* Access to DigiCare + - Annual Health Check, Digital GP Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Health Opinion and Mental Health Consultations.
* Discounted Gym Memberships
* Free Eye Test every two years
* Discounted mobile phone contracts
* Share in our success with the People Partnership - after 6 months service you will be eligible for a yearly bonus
* Additional Allowances for First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders
* Wellness programme
* Employee Charity Matching Scheme
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.