National Account Executive

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National Account Executive
Location: Home-Based (with UK-wide travel to Hain offices, factories & customer sites)
Department: Sales & Category
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent

Are you a commercially savvy sales professional ready to grow your career in FMCG? Want to work across some of the most dynamic categories in UK retail while helping shape the future of plant-based and natural food? At Hain Celestial, we're on a mission to inspire healthier living-and we need ambitious talent to help us grow.

We're looking for a National Account Executive to join our Grocery, Chilled & Frozen team, supporting our Senior NAM in managing major retail customers-Asda, Morrisons, and Booths. You'll help drive sales, manage customer relationships, deliver promotional plans and contribute to our exciting growth journey.

What You'll Do:

• Support day-to-day trading for key retail accounts including Asda and Morrisons-handling price changes, promotions, forecasting, and customer communications.

• Own and grow smaller categories within the P&L with potential to scale over time.

• Manage promotion planning, activation, and administration, working closely with internal teams and customer portals.

• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, ensuring exceptional service and accurate execution.

• Forecast and analyse performance against targets and budgets-highlighting key insights and identifying opportunities.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams including Category, NPD, Marketing, Finance, and Supply Chain to execute plans.

• Help manage the Booths account end-to-end-from promotional planning to strategy alignment and target delivery.

• Ensure all activity is Competition Law compliant and aligns with internal standards.

What You'll Need:

• FMCG sales experience-ideally within a blue-chip environment.

• Familiarity with Retail Link / Asda portals and experience across both Branded and Own Label preferred.

• Excellent negotiation, organisation, and relationship management skills.

• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and a good grasp of commercial levers.

• Confident in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Comfortable working at pace and managing multiple priorities.

• A self-starter who thrives on ownership and delivering results.

• Degree-educated preferred, but not essential if backed by strong experience.

What You'll Get:

• Autonomy and support to grow your commercial skills and make a real impact.

• Exposure to strategic conversations and decision-making with top UK grocery retailers.

• The chance to work with exciting, high-growth categories and health-driven brands.

• A collaborative, purpose-driven team and access to development opportunities across the business.

Additional Info:

• This is a home-based role, with regular travel to Hain UK factory sites, head office locations, and customer meetings nationwide.

• Some overnight stays may be required based on business needs.

What can we offer you?

• Competitive salary / rate of pay
• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holiday
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• A day off work to support our charity partners
• Flexible working options
• Pension
• Medical benefit
• And access to a HUB that offers many discounts from a range of suppliers and retailers

About The Hain Celestial Group

Hain Celestial Group is a leading health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through better-for-you brands. For more than 30 years, our portfolio of beloved brands has intentionally focused on delivering nutrition and well-being that positively impacts today and tomorrow. Headquartered in Hoboken, N.J., Hain Celestial's products across snacks, baby/kids, beverages, meal preparation, and personal care, are marketed and sold in over 75 countries around the world. Our leading brands include Garden Veggie snacks, Terra chips, Garden of Eatin' snacks, Earth's Best and Ella's Kitchen baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings teas, Joya and Natumi plant-based beverages, Greek Gods yogurt, Cully & Sully, Imagine and New Covent Garden soups, Yves and Linda McCartney's (under license) meat-free, and Alba Botanica natural sun care, among others.

Hain Celestial UK In the UK, Hain is one of the UK's leading food companies. We create food and drink products with natural goodness at their core. We're the business behind a host of household brands - Hartley's jams and jellies, Sun-Pat peanut butters, New Covent Garden Soup Co., Linda McCartney's meat free food, and Yorkshire Provender to name a few. Nearly half of our business is private label - we create quality freshly prepared fruit and juices, desserts, soups, sweet spreads and meat free products for our retail partners. Over our sites up and down the UK, we employ circa 1,200 people in roles within Production, Supply Chain, Product Development, Sales and Marketing, and through to our Finance, HR, IT and beyond. Each of our colleagues is vital to our continued success. That's why we target the best talent, and help to develop them through the ranks.

Our Values

Own It - I am empowered and accountable for improving Hain's business results and impact

Win Together - I collaborate with others to grow, deliver and celebrate success.

Foster Inclusion - I create an environment where everyone feels welcome, respected and valued for their uniqueness.

Be Curious - I explore ideas & insights with a growth mindset.

Our Purpose

To inspire healthier living for people, communities & the planet through better-for-you brands

Our Mission

To build purpose-driven brands that make healthier living more attainable by empowering our people, engaging our partners, and living our lives.

If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can support you in the right way.

If Hain sounds like the company you'd like to contribute your energy and enthusiasm towards, and come on an exciting journey with us, then we can't wait to hear from you!