- Location: North West
 - Job Type: Commercial/Sales
 - Contract Type: Permanent
 - Salary: c£65K
 - Date Posted: 04/03/2021
 - Expiry Date: 02/04/2021
 
Senior National Account Manager – FMCG
Posted by: Silven
Job Title: Senior National Account Manager/Business Manager
Location: North West
Salary: c£65K + car allowance + benefits
The Candidate:
- You will have previous experience in a National Account Manager/Sales Manager role within food and drink, FMCG or packaging manufacturing.
 - Selling and negotiation using a structured process
 - Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
 - Strong interpersonal skills and understanding of customer dynamics
 - Engaging and persuasive presenter with the ability to build an immediate rapport
 - A proven ability to undertake a wide range of activities to drive sales growth
 
The Role:
- Develop account business plan strategies in accordance with overall sales and company
 
- Work with customers and their teams to continually identify new opportunities within their business or their customer base to grow sales and profit of products.
 - Ensure existing business is retained by understanding customer needs and fulfilling these by aligning and coordinating all internal colleagues.
 - Agree regular demand forecasts by product line with major customers and liaise with Customer Services / Forecasting to ensure these are processed in line with required delivery date.
 
- To continuously identify, prospect and win new business within the allocated customer base and within prospects accounts
 - Build long term relationships with customers in order to help them sell more of our products
 
The Company:
- My client is a market leading manufacturer that has seen impressive growth in its sector over the last few years.
 - An opportunity now exists for a Senior National Account Manager to further develop and grow their portfolio.
 
To apply for this exciting role, please send a copy of your CV quoting ref EH/SNAM to emma.hanson@silven.co.uk or for a confidential discussion, please call me on 0161 832 7463.