National Account Manager

Quick facts

£50,000-£60,000 + bonus + car allowance National Account Manager - Household (Discounters) Slough Hybrid: c.2 days per week in the office

Qualifying questions

Q1: Have you managed national accounts in FMCG with full P&L responsibility for major retail or discounter customers
Q2: Do you have experience building and delivering joint customer plans (e.g. JVPs/JBPs) and using data to drive commercial decisions
Q3: Are you fully eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship and able to commute to Slough on a hybrid basis?

Headline

Lead key discounter accounts for a high?impact homecare portfolio

The opportunity

Join a fast?moving household and cleaning products business as a National Account Manager, owning some of the most influential value and club retail customers in the UK. You will shape how a broad homecare portfolio shows up in?store and online, driving profitable growth through sharp commercial planning and strong customer partnerships. This suits someone who thrives in a fast?paced, complex, matrix?style organisation, leads from the front, takes ownership and delivers results, and is comfortable in a hectic and sometimes ambiguous environment.?

What you'll do

• Take full P&L ownership for a defined set of discounter and value retail accounts, delivering net revenue, profit and investment targets.?
• Build and execute customer?specific plans that balance product mix, pricing, promotion and distribution to outperform the market.?
• Lead joint planning with buyers and commercial teams, agreeing annual and in?year initiatives, including JVP/JBP style ways of working.?
• Use data, insight and commercial modelling to size opportunities, challenge assumptions and close performance gaps.?
• Develop and maintain strong relationships across your customers' trading, planning and supply teams, as well as key internal stakeholders.?
• Partner closely with category, marketing, finance and supply chain to ensure plans are realistic, profitable and executed with excellence.?

What you'll bring

• Degree?calibre background with solid FMCG sales/account management experience, ideally at national account level.?
• Proven track record of managing a full P&L and consistently delivering against commercial targets on your accounts.?
• Strong financial and analytical skills, comfortable building business cases and commercial models to support recommendations.?
• Experience working with discounter, value or club retail channels; direct exposure to Costco or similar formats would be a strong advantage.?
• Ability to craft and land compelling customer plans, influence at multiple levels and collaborate effectively across functions.?
• Core strengths in key account management, negotiation, customer planning, category and shopper thinking, and cross?functional teamwork.?

No sponsorship or relocation offered.