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National Account Manager - Premium Food & Drink SMEc.£45,000Car Allowance c.£4,200BonusPensionRemote based working - Once per month in South East HQAbout the businessThis is a smashing role with a top class, family owned, historic, British premium food company. If you are a foodie then this is without a doubt one for you. This is a business and set of people who leave no stone unturned in delivering unwavering quality to our supermarket shelves & to us the consumers. These guys are growing at 18% YOY bucking industry trends with their amazing portfolio.A business that has been in operation for a century with nostalgic brands and some phenomenal new success stories across retail are looking at their next stage of growth. They have already invested significant capex in a new factory, further warehousing & infrastructure. In the last 3 years they have grown immensely, delivering significant profit which has led to this self funded, seven figure investment keeping this business debt free. They also have acquired a new brand which is why we are in the market for a new National Account Manager, to talk to their current customers, across RTM Wholesalers and more to drive new business growth across the portfolio!Their brilliant team boasts talent from the likes of, Unilever, Brakes, Coca Cola & AB World Foods. They are a great bunch who enjoy the thrill of the commercial chase, growing sustainable & robust businesses and empowering people to really deliver best in class consumer products.The RoleNational Account ManagerThis is dynamic account management role in this businesses working across their whole portfolio of brands from Food, to drinks! There is plenty of scope over the coming 12-18 months to grow your career significantly in line with the business growth which is up 18% YOY.Your customer responsibility will be across, RTM Wholesalers with full responsibility for P&L, reporting, senior relationship contact ownership & JBPs. You will report to the Head of Wholesale and work closely with the marketing, operations and NPD functions to recommend best in class category growth decisions for customers alongside business objectives.To highlight;Customers - RTM WholesaleFull strategic responsibility for customersFull management of P&LClose cross functional work with Marketing, NPD & Ops teamsHigh autonomy role treat this as your own businessAbout YouTo be successful we need a passionate team player who exudes positivity and a can do attitude. This is a business focused on strong values and sustained growth so the focus on doing the right thing is a must. You will already have a strong background in branded consumer business or RTM Wholesale and have experienced commercial customer account ownership and new business/npd sell ins or wins.Food & Beverage experience is essential here. This is a business of foodies who have some of the most fantastic products in their categories sold to Tesco and Michelin starred restaurants. Category data and insight led working is key to continuing the customer success story they have here too and remember this is not a big business its more like a start up in nature, agility, speed and being able to don more than one hat is key here.Experience in a sales, retail buying or customer facing marketing roleFMCG big business or large branded training backgroundBusiness growth experienceExperience of food or beverages is essentialPositive team playerStrong relationship skills, both internally and externally to entice peopleSME mindset - don multiple hats.Most importantly, this is about your style, this is a business that puts the customer and its employees front and centre of everything they do. We need team players who want to have fun and genuinely enjoy what you do.If you want a food focused, family owned, genuinely nice bunch of people with a cracking brand portfolio then contact@ecwsearch or on 0207 4594877.