National Account Manager - Food Industry

Requisition ID: 52911 Position Type: FT Permanent Workplace Arrangement:

About Kerry

We’re Kerry Dairy Consumer Foods – a leading name in the food industry. Alongside famous British & Irish brands such as Strings and Things, Pure, Dairygold and Colraine, we’ also a leading producer of fantastic supermarket private label Butters, Spreads and Margarines. We’re made up of a team of brilliant people and big ambitions. Our products, many of which are household favorites, are eaten by millions of people every day.

About the role

We are currently looking for a National Account Manager who will join our Kerry Foods team.

Key responsibilities

• Working closely with the ROI Commercial Controller to develop and implement activation plans for Lidl & the C Channel customer base.
• Collating & analysing data to support commercial plans and assist in building customer and internal presentations
• Contribute to the management and delivery of both Lidl and the wider ROI C Channel performance against defined targets
• Responsible for supporting and delivering the Dairy Consumer Foods / Customer Joint Business Plans, ensuring DCF develops and maintains profitable business, promotions (where appropriate) and other activities
• Providing administrative support, including promotional management, new line setup and pricing. (Internal & external)
• Ownership of account administration, ensuring that all pricing and promotional information is accurate and completed on time as well as taking the lead in holding the team to account in this area

Qualifications and skills

• Degree educated desirable
• at least 3 years of experience
• Ability to analyse and interpret data
• Numerate with a good understanding of business drivers
• Living our purpose, vision and values of Kerry
• Strong relationship building skills
• Ability to connect and work functionally support other functions
• Strong communication and presentation skills

Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.

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