National Account Manager - Food service Remote
Job description
Who are we ?
We are FBC, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……-And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).
FBC was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.
We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Ilse of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset. We also have offices for our supporting services in St Albans, Liverpool and Moreton. Together, we employ circa 5,000 amazing employees across all our locations.
We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming the number two biscuit manufacturer worldwide.
We are proud to be part of the Ferrero enlarged family: such a fantastic and successful business. The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 countries, with products sold in over 170 countries, represented by almost 38.000 employees worldwide, and a consolidated turnover of €12.7 billion (2020-21).
Along with our fantastic brand portfolio, we also have long-term agreements to manufacture several sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City, Marmite, Jacobs, and LU branded products. In addition, we are proud to be a strategic partner for many retailer-branded products.
Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe FBC is a more prosperous and fun place to work with when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each whilst meeting our business goals.
And don't forget… work hard but play harder!
About the Opportunity…
You will play a key in role in helping build and managing long term relationships with some of the top UK Foodservice Wholesalers in the UK, in which we work across branded and private label.
You’ll play a key role in driving new opportunities across the sweet & savoury biscuit category, along with gaining new listings through NPD. As National Account Manager, you will have some ownership of part of a P&L
Don’t worry, you won’t have to do all this yourself, you have a great teams that you work cross functionally with that include Innovation, R&D, Finance, Supply Chain and Category & Insights teams.
The role could suit a National Account Executive looking to take a their next step, or even a National Account Manager looking to work for a large food FMCG company.
What are the key ingredients.
You will need to have experience managing a top 6 Foodservice Wholesaler, ideally within the food sector. You will contribute to a P&L, you’ll need to have experience of looking after your own numbers which will cover a P&L, forecasting & promotions.
Ability & experience in driving NPD to leverage new opportunities and gain new listings within the foodservice channels. Able to interpret key category & insights data, to ensure the account is driven in the right direction both internally & externally, to do this you will need to have strong influencing, negotiating and presentation skills.
It is highly desirable to have experience & knowledge of both branded and Private Label.
If you are looking for a new challenge in a fun, fast paced and progressive business then we have the opportunity for you!!
If you are ready to begin a career with real bite we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.
If you are ready to begin a career with real bite, we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.
