At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations' worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 141 years.
Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes.
Job Title: National Account Executive
Contract: Fixed Term Contract for 12 Months
Location: Bolton
Are you a National Account Executive on top of your game and looking for a new opportunity?
Essential Ingredients
Excellent communication skills: great at building relationships and establishing credibility with both internal and customer contacts.
Previous National Account experience preferred but not essential
Commercial knowledge: good understanding of numbers and the key levers for driving sales.
Analytical experience: proven ability to interpret and evaluate complex data.
Proactive with the ambition to develop a career within Commercial Sales.
Brilliant organisational skills: managing own and others time effectively.
Competent with IT systems: including Excel, PowerPoint, and customer specific software.
A solution mindset: someone that enjoys turning challenges into results. The Recipe As the National Account Executive your focus will be on driving growth within our customer accounts, supporting with development and execution of business strategies
Other responsibilities include:
Provide information and analysis to support the development of presentations and negotiations.
Communicate information on day-to-day order status, and service.
Create promotional plans and input into the planning and forecasting systems.
Sell in and agree execution of the strategic plan to drive volume and KPI delivery.
Coordinate with Instore Sales Team and Shopper Marketing to optimise execution in stores and depots. About Us:
Did you know there are two bakery sites in Bolton (Bolton & Variety), a distribution hub, a newly built Innovation Centre, Test Bakery, and our Head Office?
We produce 1.5 million units per week, across 5 automated lines that bake our delicious fresh bread, crumpets, bagels, morning goods and muffins which is delivered daily to our customers across the UK.
As ‘the UK’s No. 1 Bakery Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a sixth-generation family business, supplying over 18,000 retail customers from 11 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products, including gluten and wheat free.
We are striving to be a net zero business by 2050 and believe that we must minimise our impact on the environment, whilst making a positive impact on the society we are a part of.
Extra Dough You’ll want to know what your bread is worth:
A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
Family time is important to us and we know it will be to you, so you will have 5 weeks holiday and bank hols. Plus, the opportunity to purchase up to an extra week annual leave
Award winning pension scheme with company contributions
Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
At Warburtons we aim to respect and value difference, creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We value all protected characteristics and more importantly, look to have an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work and be themselves