Company description:
Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country. Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you'll find them in 94% of British households.
At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and potential colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.
Job description:
We are looking for a Customer Account Manager to join us. As our next Customer Account Manager, you'll be driving the development, agreement, and implementation of a strategic Joint Business Plan. Your remit is to develop and deliver the account objectives and budget within Sainsbury's Desserts and Baking. You will also have responsibility for the profit and loss for JS D&B as part of your remit.
To excel in this role, you'll need to be commercially aware, with fact-based selling and collaborative negotiation as key skills for this position. This role requires an individual who is a creative thinker, with strong interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable working cross-functionally at all levels.
This role would really suit somebody who is agile, able to work with a team of dedicated individuals, leading them to success. For this role, we're keen to bring in someone who is able to champion fresh ideas.
Joining Premier Foods, you'll be part of a business that aims higher, helping us to work towards long-term career growth and progression. As part of our commitment to creating a truly Great Place to Work, we challenge each other to live by our shared values day by day.
The Key Requirements...
- Build Category Joint Business Plans on Sainsbury's D&B, delivering on internal and external objectives.
- Manage, measure and improve Premier and customer profitability.
- Maintain and update annual account plans to deliver corporate objectives.
- Drive the accuracy and delivery of monthly sales forecasts - working with supply chain, forecasting and finance
- Negotiate and deliver promotional programmes, ensuring promotions are communicated, within guidelines, forecasted, delivered and then evaluated in a timely manner.
- Work with Marketing and Category to close distribution gaps and deliver New Product Launch plans (distribution, display, turnover targets)
- Work with Category and Marketing to drive Customer range review delivery, and post review evaluation and future recommendations (specific to channel, i.e. Main Estate, Convenience and Online)
As a Customer Account Manager, you have strong interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable working cross-functionally at all levels, and you would thrive on creative thinking and building winning relationships.
In this role, you will be given the chance to respect and encourage one another, ensuring a united team dynamic. You're not interested in failing to respect and encourage one another within the team.
Here at Premier Foods, our goal is to double our turnover by 2030, and we are committed to being a leading food manufacturing business. This is an opportunity to be a part of a team where we are united and respect and encourage one another.
The Benefits and Perks...
- Bonus
- Company Car Allowance
- Company Pension
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Hybrid working
- Private Medical Insurance