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Northern Snack Foods partner with retail and wholesale customers across Northern Ireland providing them with a fantastic portfolio of crisps and snacks, such as Hunky Dorys, O’Donnells, King and Perri, alongside KP Snacks including McCoys, Hula Hoops, and Peanuts.
Located in Lisburn with a dedicated team we work tirelessly to provide a fantastic service to our customers and bring great tasting snacks and crisps to consumers across Northern Ireland. We are proud to be part of the Intersnack Group, a privately owned company with operations in 30 countries across Europe, Australia, New Zealand and beyond.
At Northern Snack Foods, we are passionate about people and proud of the exciting and rewarding careers we offer.
The Role Summary:
Title: Customer Account Manager
Reporting line: Northern Ireland Operations Manager
Location:Lisburn, Co.Antrim
Overview:
In this strategic role within Northern Snack Foods, your prime remit will be to develop, manage and build relationships with our customers to ensure continuous sales growth, enhanced profitability and strategic business development of the company.
Lead, motivate, and mentor the Field Sales team in conjunction with the Operations Manager, providing coaching, guidance, and ongoing development opportunities.
This position requires commercial, leadership, communication and presentation skills coupled with the ability to ensure exceptional execution of best-in-class commercial and business initiatives in a fast-paced FMCG environment.
Reporting to our Northern Ireland Operations Manager and working alongside the Field Sales team, you will, through effective business planning processes, identify appropriate initiatives in the areas of channel planning, promotional strategies and account profitability modelling, to add mutual value to the relationships with our customers.
With broad experience gained from an Account Management or similar role within a blue-chip FMCG environment, you will be able to demonstrate a highly progressive sales career coupled with experience of developing and implementing sales strategies.
Because of the demanding nature of this role the successful candidate will need to have the ability to effectively influence at all levels and have the demonstrable drive, enthusiasm and capability to achieve the high expectations demanded of the role.
Responsibilities:
* Through your leadership skills, foster a positive and collaborative team environment that encourages high performance and employee engagement.
* Set clear and achievable sales targets for the team and monitor progress closely.
* Establish productive and professional relationships with key personnel at National Account Head Offices.
* Development of solutions that best addresses customers’ needs while meeting the company’s business requirements.
* Proactively collaborate with the company’s Marketing, Category Insight and Sales Operations teams in establishing strategic direction of the organisations long term business plans.
* Continuously deliver accurate and timely forecast requirements to assist/drive planning process.
* Key stakeholder in the development and commercialisation of the company’s category strategies and tactics.
* Maintain high customer satisfaction rating that meet company standards.
Requirements:
* At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role. Previous experience in an FMCG organisation (or similar) would be an advantage.
* Previous experience in managing a team.
* Full clean driving licence.
If you feel you have the skills and experience to apply for this role please do so by applying on or before the 14th April 2025.
This job description is intended as a summary of the primary responsibilities and qualifications for this position, it is not intended as inclusive of all duties an individual in this position might be asked to perform or that may be required to do either now or in the future.
Northern Snack Foods is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Sales and Business Development
Industries
Food and Beverage Services
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