A little bit about us
Peter’s Yard Wholesale Ltd is a fast growing bakery business making award-winning sourdough crackers, crispbreads and flatbreads. The company was founded in 2008 and is on a mission to be everyone’s favourite sourdough bakery brand. It now has annual sales at a retail value of over £10m with listings in all major supermarkets including Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Asda and Morrison’s and over 3000 independent farm shops and delis. In July 2022, Peter’s Yard was acquired by Lotus Bakeries and is now part of their Natural Foods group.
Our values
Team spirit:
Constructively cooperates to achieve a common goal while respecting each other and in mutual trust and consultation.
Open dialogue:
Listens actively, communicates proactively and gives constructive feedback.
Passion:
Gives the best of oneself, projects energy and commitment, is eager to learn and proud to be working for Peter’s Yard and Lotus Bakeries.
About the Role
Peter’s Yard are looking for a Grocery National Account manager to join their high performing team and help drive and deliver their next stage of growth. Responsible for key major multiple accounts you will report into the sales lead on the Peter’s Yard business.
* To devise & deliver exceptional business plans with key Grocery & Online customers, ensuring sales of our products are maximised at key trading periods.
* Own and manage P&L and forecasting of assigned accounts and deliver value, volume and GP% metrics
* To build unrivalled cross functional relationships with key customer contacts across buying, supply chain, category & format teams
* Work with the Category Manager to deliver killer insights that drive significant business benefit
* Deliver top class visibility and penetration through bringing Peter’s Yard alive in stores (POS, secondary displays, samplings) and online during those key seasonal periods
* Utilise customer systems to maximise our sales including influencing availability, compliance, promotion management
* Work with the Peter’s Yard field sales team to ensure delivery of strong local activation
About you
You will likely be an existing National Account Manager with experience of working on Grocery accounts. You might also be an awesome National Account Executive looking for the next step up.
Alongside living our values, here are the most important things we’re looking for from you:
* Experience of working on Major Multiples
* Results driven – you can show examples of strong, tangible business results that you have led personally in customer
* Resilience and tenacity – obstacles don’t hold you back and you work effectively when faced with a tough buyer or tricky negotiation
* Analytical – you are all over the data and can bring new and relevant insights on your accounts
* Great relationship builder – you are personable and have a collaborative attitude to working with the buyer, getting the result we need for Peter’s Yard but in a responsible and natural manner
A couple of things that are not essential but would be nice to have:
* A bit of a “Foodie”
* Online and Digital sales experience