Opportunity: Account Executive - 12 Month FTC
Location: Tamworth
Why Greencore?
We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.
Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.
We work hard to ensure that Greencore is a great place to work, and our people truly are at the core. We're committed to ensuring all our colleagues have development plans and strive to provide inspiring leadership - in fact, in the past year we've seen an 11% increase in the number of colleagues who would recommend Greencore as a place to work.
Join us and be part of our great team!
What you'll be doing
We have an exciting opportunity for an Account Executive to join our Greencore sales team in Tamworth.
If you're eager to grow in account management and want to make a real impact within a leading food distribution business, this role is for you. You will play a key role in supporting our National Account Managers, ensuring our valued customers receive the highest level of service while working closely with teams across the business.
Your day to day responsibilities will include:
Manage all day to day customer requirements to include research on the shopper journey, product sampling and benchmarking sessions
Identify key insights on our product range and actions internally with the category and NPD teams and with the customer
As directed by the National Account Manager, you will be involved in the promotional process of our products and activity
Provides category analysis to support the customer innovation and category process
Validation and checking of sets of data to ensure business information is aligned (e.g. - Sales forecast)
Own and deliver a schedule of reporting to capture all business requirements
Maintain database of knowledge and data relating to our customerWhat we're looking for
Ideally educated to degree level with a specialism in a Food/nutrition Science, have entered via an apprentice route or has equivalent work experience in a similar role/environment
Has some experience / knowledge of food and the food environment
Demonstrates analytical skills and is fully numerate
Has good communication skills
Full UK driving licenseWe're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.
What you'll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Pension up to 8% matched
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platformThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities