National Account Executives - Join our Talent Community!
* United Kingdom
* LONDON
* Hybrid
* Permanent Full-Time
* Posted: 24 Mar 2025
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Role Purpose:
Join our Talent Community! We have new exciting part-time and full-time opportunities to come and join Danone as a National Account Executive (NAE) to manage one of your own customers through working closely with a National Account Manager. We believe in transforming the health of our shoppers and being a Force for Good for the planet. As an NAE, you have the unique opportunity to help our shoppers continue to make healthier choices!
As an integral part of the team, you’ll help track sales performance, set up new lines and promotions, input forecasts, and process trade spend invoices.
* Business reporting for monthly/annual planning and reviews
* Assisting the Sales team with business reporting and invoicing in a timely manner, including monthly forecasting and adjustments based on data, insight, and feedback
* Drive distribution of a selective core range in line with the channel strategy
* Conduct regular store visits to check implementation, pricing, and competitor activity
* Manage customer initiatives closely with key stakeholders and assist with the analysis of promotional activities
About You
We would like you to demonstrate your following key skills:
* Communicate effectively and flexibly with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders
* Prioritise and plan ahead, understanding wider risks and impacts to overcome potential obstacles
* Use data to find insights and make recommendations to aid customer negotiations
* Identify customer/shopper needs to create features and benefits for sales proposals
* Work in an agile manner in a fast-paced environment
* Have strong competence with both Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
We’ll be looking to you to grow our business profitably by cultivating best-in-class customer relationships and partnering with key internal stakeholders. In return, we will challenge you in your role, give you exciting new projects to work on as they arise, and help you develop and grow within Danone.
We believe in everyone having a career that is unique to them and we’ll support you in doing so - whether that’s you supporting our health, sustainability, or our people agenda. Our sales capability plan will also support you in building your functional skills and developing you as a future leader, or whatever your ambitions may be, with opportunities to progress within Sales, Marketing, or perhaps a different function altogether!
About Danone
At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.
What's next?
This is a talent pipeline for current and future opportunities – upon application, we will invite all eligible candidates through to our online skills-based assessments, then we’ll be in touch with you to get to know you and understand a bit more about your skills and motivations, and any upcoming opportunities.
Job details
Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food and beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition.
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