SF Recruitment have partnered with an established organisation near Sutton Coldfield who are looking to recruit a National Account Manager to look after a number of account within their various brands.
Salary: £48,500 + bonus up to £5,000
Working pattern: full time with travel to clients in the UK and Europe
Responsibilities will include:
To ensure that sales and profit from the account portfolio are delivered in line with company & customer expectations.
Coordination of customer service and trade marketing activities at a national level
To negotiate margins & promotional costs.
To develop exceptional relationships at all levels within accounts to ensure that are regarded as the number one, category-leading supplier
To actively shape and coordinate the UK & Ireland annual marketing response for your brands with the relevant internal teams
To understand the business objectives & strategies of your customers to ensure the development of relevant categories.
To drive category management & category development initiatives within accounts to ensure overall growth & margin objectives are achieved.
To negotiate NPD listings and promotional activity on an on-going basis.
To ensure exceptional customer service is achieved at all times by communicating effectively with both internal & external customers (both product technical and commercial problem solving may be required).
To liaise with all key internal colleagues & highlight recurring quality issues to the relevant department
To drive best practise to ensure that all account activities are clearly communicated within the business to ensure a professional & timely output.
To be responsible for accurate sales forecasts for all listed products - both standard and promotional lines.
To actively review and assess all promotional activity to ensure relevance and effectiveness and make recommendations on future activity.
To meet required Standards and Procedures
Comply with the Health and Safety responsibilities as defined in the company health and safety policy and ensure that any specific responsibilities are adequately delegated in their absence