National Account Manager - FTC
Posted Today by The Oval Partnership
£75,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Undetermined
East Midlands
Summary: The role of National Account Manager is pivotal for a fast-growing UK food manufacturer focused on innovation and category growth. This position emphasizes driving new business opportunities with major grocery retailers while managing existing accounts. The successful candidate will engage in commercial negotiations and collaborate with various departments to achieve growth objectives. The role is initially a 9-month fixed-term contract with potential for permanency based on performance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive new business opportunities across UK grocery retail, with an initial focus on winning new listings
- Manage and grow an existing retail account, building long-term, value-led partnerships
- Own commercial negotiations, JBPs, forecasts and revenue delivery
- Work closely with operations, supply chain, category and marketing to deliver growth plans
- Play a key role in bringing new products and innovation to market
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a National Account Manager or Senior Account Manager within food retail
- Strong new business and negotiation capability with major grocery multiples
- Commercial, proactive and comfortable operating in a growth-focused environment
- Confident managing cross-functional stakeholders and senior buyers
Salary (Rate): £75,000 yearly
City: East Midlands
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
We are working with a fast-growing UK food manufacturer that is investing heavily in innovation, new production capability and long-term category growth. They are now looking to appoint a commercially driven National Account Manager to support and accelerate their retail ambitions.
This is a high-impact role with a strong new business focus, targeting major UK grocery retailers while also developing an existing key account. The position sits within a business that has a clear strategy, an active innovation pipeline and the infrastructure in place to scale.
The role
- Drive new business opportunities across UK grocery retail, with an initial focus on winning new listings
- Manage and grow an existing retail account, building long-term, value-led partnerships
- Own commercial negotiations, JBPs, forecasts and revenue delivery
- Work closely with operations, supply chain, category and marketing to deliver growth plans
- Play a key role in bringing new products and innovation to market
About you
- Proven experience as a National Account Manager or Senior Account Manager within food retail
- Strong new business and negotiation capability with major grocery multiples
- Commercial, proactive and comfortable operating in a growth-focused environment
- Confident managing cross-functional stakeholders and senior buyers
Contract details
This role is offered as a 9-month fixed-term contract initially, with a strong likelihood of moving to a permanent position based on performance and ongoing business growth.
Salary is up to £75,000 plus package.
If you’re a commercially minded go-getter looking for a role with real opportunity to make an impact and progress long term, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now or contact us for a confidential discussion.