National Account Manager
23 days ago
Weston-super-Mare
National Account Manager South West (Field-Based) Competitive Basic Salary + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits Are you a strategic Account Manager with experience in foodservice, hospitality, wholesale or food supply? We're recruiting for an exciting National Account Manager opportunity with a well-established and growing organisation that supports some of the UK's leading hospitality and catering businesses. This is not a desk-based account management role. You'll be out with customers, building strong relationships, understanding their business, identifying opportunities and becoming a trusted commercial partner. You'll inherit a large, established national account portfolio, giving you the opportunity to focus on developing existing relationships rather than chasing new business. The Role You'll manage a portfolio of major multi-site customers, working closely with senior stakeholders to ensure they receive exceptional service while identifying opportunities to increase value, improve efficiencies and strengthen long-term partnerships. This is a highly visible role where you'll spend your time visiting customers, leading business reviews and collaborating with internal teams to deliver outstanding account management. What You'll Be Doing • Managing and developing a portfolio of large national and multi-site accounts., • Building relationships with senior decision-makers across customer businesses., • Conducting regular customer visits and business reviews., • Identifying commercial opportunities to grow existing accounts., • Working closely with internal teams and supplier partners to deliver exceptional service., • Supporting customer retention through proactive account management., • Acting as a trusted advisor and becoming an extension of your customers' businesses. About You We're looking for someone who genuinely enjoys relationship management and thrives on helping customers succeed. You'll ideally have: • Experience as a National Account Manager, Key Account Manager or Strategic Account Manager., • A background within foodservice, hospitality, wholesale or food supply is essential., • Experience managing large, complex or multi-site customer accounts., • Strong commercial awareness and the ability to spot growth opportunities., • Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills., • A consultative approach with confidence presenting to senior decision-makers., • The willingness to travel nationally as this is a field-based role. What's On Offer? • Competitive basic salary, • Car allowance, • Bonus scheme, • Home-based, field-focused role with autonomy, • Existing portfolio of established national accounts, • Genuine opportunity to make an impact within a growing business, • Long-term career progression If you're passionate about building long-term customer relationships and have experience within the foodservice, hospitality or wholesale sector, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today for a confidential conversation
