Client Partner, National Accounts London, England
Job description
The Company
At Deliveroo, it is our mission to build the definitive online food company. In order to do that, we're building a company where everyone can belong, grow and build a definitive career.
The Team
The UK & Ireland National Accounts team is responsible for the relationships with the largest and most strategic restaurant and retail partners in the UK & Ireland; ensuring that they continue to grow and perform well on the Deliveroo marketplace.
The Role
You will report into the Commercial Director, responsible for managing a portfolio of our largest and most strategic relationships. You will manage a small team of Account Managers to help develop joint plans with your partners, implementing them to create long term, mutual growth. This is a hybrid role, based at our London HQ with work from home options.
What you'll be doing
- Implement the jointly agreed growth plans for your portfolio of Restaurant partners
- Deliver Deliveroo's annual objectives for your partner portfolio by tracking plan implementation, controlling expenditure and identifying "in-flight" interventions to course-correct where under-performing
- Establish multi-functional relationships with partners to be the preferred delivery operator
- Lead the contract negotiation and renewal process with your restaurant partners to agree terms that unlocks mutual value
- Support Deliveroo's business leaders in setting the longer-term commercial strategy and partner value proposition for the relevant Restaurant segments
Requirements
Requiring a high level of commercial skills, you will demonstrate excellence in selling, negotiation and account management, combined with the passion and drive to shape the culture of an inclusive, sustainable and successful team.
- A proven business performance record – must demonstrate experience with revenue growth in account-facing roles
- The ability to define and implement a B2B partner-focused plan, developing creative solutions to complex problems. Bringing clarity to your team to ensure focus is on those actions that have maximum positive impact.
- Well-developed negotiation skills and the ability to flex your style to all levels and situations
- An experienced account leader with a forward thinking mindset. Experience managing a complex partner (mandatory) or portfolio of partners (preferred) including high-value commercial negotiations
- An inclusive team player who can get the best from a multi-functional team
Why Deliveroo?
Our mission is to be the definitive food company. We are transforming the way the world eats by making food more convenient and accessible. We give people the opportunity to eat what they want, when and where they want it.
We are a technology-driven company at the forefront of the most rapidly expanding industry in the world. We are still a small team, making a very large impact, aiming to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, value autonomy and ownership, and we are always looking for new ideas.
Workplace & Diversity
At Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer a wide range of benefits in areas including health, family, finance, community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation.
We believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander. All you need is a passion for (most) food and a desire to be part of one of the fastest growing startups in an incredibly exciting space.
