Junior National Account Manager job in Greenford

Junior National Account Manager, Greenford, London, supporting the growth and management of the Multiple Retail channel, whilst ensuring that both the customer needs and internal business and operational needs are met. Reporting to the National Account Manager.

A Bit About Us:
Belazu has been a pioneer of supplying high quality, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Ingredients within the UK’s Foodservice for over 30 years. Having launched into retail in 2015 we have been growing by recruiting more consumers. Our retail range now include cooking pastes, pesto, nuts, oils, vinegars, and tahini just to name a few and we have ambitious plans to grow even more in the next 5 years.

Belazu has a diverse workforce this not only contributes to a positive company culture, but also to our achievements. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinion, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

The Role:
In this full-time role as Junior National Account Manager, working within a team of 3, you will have specific responsibility for a portfolio of key clients:

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
• Day to day multiple customer management and contact
• Helping to devise multiple promo plans and in store activation (trade marketing)
• Management and input of promotions and tracking compliance
• Supporting building category stories to facilitate the listing of new SKUs and grow distribution of existing SKUs
• Tracking spend to ensure that we get best return and do not overspend
• Tracking business performance and making recommendations to improve performance
• Providing monthly multiple forecasts by customer for supply chain
• Managing and administering multiple customer performance reports
• Working with all business departments (customer services, planning, purchasing and production) to provide information required to fulfil Multiple customer orders
• Monitoring and reporting on future sales and marketing activity to help clarify operational support requirements
• Promoting and enabling the execution of “Commercial Best Practise” (promotions, pricing strategies, point of sale, product launches) across the B2B areas of the business.

Junior National Account Manager key skills and experience:
Ideally you will have a background including 1 or 2 years in an FMCG environment, or in a results-driven sales, marketing environment within FMCG and/or retail. The following competancies and behaviours are key to doing the job well, and are more vital than specific qualifications, but well developed Excel and Powerpoint skills, and experience in dealing with the retailers either from a sales point of view or from a supply/admin point of view (ideally exerience in managing Amazon) will be important tools in this role. Education to degree level is useful rather than essential but good networking ability with an existing network of relevant industry contacts is preferable.

Key Competence, Skills & Behaviours
• A can do attitude
• Loves ticking off actions and tasks
• Comfortable in front of customers and external parties
• Commercially aware and savvy
• Able to think logically with a propensity towards strategic thinking
• Organised & detailed focused
• A team player
• Eager to learn and contribute
• Loves everything about food
• Open to working across different departments
• Excellent sales negotiation skills
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills

To be successful in this Junior National Account Manager role, you will need a hands on and can-do attitude, with an entrepreneurial & naturally instinctive mind-set. You will have the ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload. You will show strong ownership, taking proactive control of situations. Ideally you will be independent and resilient – happy working in a busy, fast-moving and complex environment, with the confidence to build trust, engage and influence senior stakeholders. A real foodie with natural curiosity and consumer focus and a keen eye for emerging trends will excel in this role.

Belazu are an innovative leader in their field, with an energetic and high performing working culture.  We have ambitious plans to grow over the next 5 years and take great pride in the values that form the spine of our business.  This is a lovely opportunity to join a business with an impressive set of accreditations, from B Corp status to Gold standard Investors in People.  We are a diverse team with a shared set of professional goals and social values that drive a hugely satisfying working experience.  We offer competitive salaries and the following suite of benefits:

• 25 days annual plus 8 public holidays per annum
• Auto-Enrolment Pension, plus an enhanced pension option
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Learning and development opportunities for everyone in the business
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits portal with retail discounts, EAP and GP service and financial support tools
• Volunteer days and active CSR programme
• Free parking on site
• Up to 40% discount on Company products
• Long service awards
• Subsidised Canteen

Terms
• 40 hrs/wk i.e. 9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri (start and finish times flexible) with a 2 day/week office; 3 day/week WFH hybrid working model.
• Probationary period 3 months
• Annual salary review (our ‘movers and shakers’ are always rewarded)
• 10% KPI related bonus based around challenging but achievable tasks related to the role

And finally…
Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it’s like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams.
We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.
We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… go on… why not give it a whirl? Good luck!