National Account Manager

An exciting opportunity is available for a National Account Manager to join an award-winning FMCG business.
The position is working with Boots who is the business's largest customer. The role is a versatile position with a vast amount of autonomy, reporting directly to the Commercial Controller.
Some of the key responsibilities will include:
Responsibility for the business's largest customer in Boots
Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships
Generation of Joint Business Plans for each customer to drive growth at agreed levels of profitability for the Brand
Understand customer KPIs, targets and review performance frequently to reach category standards and agreed SLAs
Continuously develop the account via monitoring and implementation of JBPs and NPD
Take full ownership of all agreed promotional activity
Review promotional performance to determine future activity
Be responsible for the P&L
Be resourceful and employ innovative solutions to deliver value, gross margin & volume targets
Contribute to the wider sales team and support other colleagues with their accounts
Share your ideas and help contribute to team goals and ambitions
Manage high volume SKU level CPA's
Clearly communicate with all internal and external departments
Ideally you will have some of the following experiences:
Boots account management experience -
This is a must-have for this position
A proven track record of overperformance both personally and vs. the market
Well-versed with insights to support strategic planning and decision-making
Experience with Nielsen / Kantar coupled with EPOS and Financial Data would be advantageous but not compulsory
A self-starter that is able to work autonomously
A good level of commercial acumen
Previous experience managing and delivering promotional plans with a national account
Personable and engaging with the ability to adapt when engaging internally and externally
Required skillsets:
Boots Account Management Experience
Commercially astute
Highly analytical
Proficient with finances
Ability to build longstanding, sustainable relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
A strong communicator
An excellent problem solver
A strong negotiator
Benefits include:
£60K base salary
10% bonus
Company car
Plus more…
If you feel you have the required experience and skill sets plus want to join a leading, high-performing business, please apply and one of our consultants will be in touch to discuss the position in more detail.