National Account Manager

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Our client is seeking an experienced National Account Manager to join a successful, award-winning manufacturer that supply various markets across EU. They have an ambitious company objective and need a dedicated commercial team player to accelerate growth and manage market strategies across various channels.  

Responsibilities:

  • Identify opportunities to grow the Business.
  • Develop and implement the customer strategic business plan for categories and joint customer business plans.
  • Develop integrated category promotional plans.
  • Lead the business development, sales, customer service and marketing teams to ensure best practice.
  • Manage profit and loss accounts for relevant categories.
  • Make sure customers are compliant with agreed trade terms.
  • Excellent financial management; including volume forecasting, S&OP forecasting.
  • Business planning, sales updates, instore tracking, price claim management.

Candidate Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Minimum of 8+ years' experience in a similar role within grocery, retail or foodservice. 
  • Proven success in International management of market channels across various product portfolios.  
  • Experience in creating tenders for new business and negotiating and agreeing contracts.
  • Proven track record of financial management and budgetary control.
  • Strong leadership, relationship-building and teamwork skills.
  • Capacity to develop, maintain and effectively utilise information management and reporting systems.
  • Demonstrated record of success in improving sales performance.
  • Ability to handle a range of tasks with changing priorities.
  • A strong sense of ethics and personal integrity.

Salary:Competitive DOE

To apply send your CV jobs@peoplegroup.ie, through our website www.peoplegroup.ie

For further information regarding this role, please contact us on 01 6619636.

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The People Group is a Recruitment consultancy, specialising in Sales, Marketing & Management, established in 1989 and based in Dublin 2. Our experienced team works in both the contingency and search areas, covering all industry sectors including: FMCG, Financial Services, Technology, Professional Services, Telco, Utilities, Retail, Agency and Tourism, on a permanent as well as temp/interim basis with a strong focus on Mid to Senior Level roles.