National Account Executive - Food Service

Ready to make your mark in Foodservice? We're looking for a driven and commercially minded National Account Executive to join our team and take ownership of some exciting national foodservice relationships across a fantastic portfolio of well-known food brands. This is a great opportunity for someone who knows the foodservice channel, enjoys building strong customer relationships and wants the opportunity to work across a broad and diverse FMCG portfolio. What will you be doing? You'll play a key role in developing and growing our foodservice business, working closely with major national customers and distributors to maximise sales, profitability and long-term growth. You'll be responsible for: - Managing and developing key national foodservice accounts. Including buying groups, CRG, Caterforce and Sterling - Building strong, trusted relationships with customers and key stakeholders. - Delivering sales, profit and distribution targets across a broad product portfolio. - Identifying new business opportunities across Foodservice and working with the NAM / SNAM to turn these opportunities into realised sales - Developing customer plans and delivering against agreed joint business objectives. - Supporting new product launches, range reviews and promotional activity. - Working cross-functionally with Marketing, Category, Supply Chain and Finance teams. - Using customer and market insight to identify opportunities and strengthen our position. - Negotiating commercially to deliver the best outcomes for both the customer and the business. What we're looking for We're looking for someone who is commercial, energetic and customer-focused, with a genuine understanding of the foodservice environment. Ideally, you'll bring: - Experience within FMCG - National or key account experience. - Strong knowledge of the foodservice/wholesale channel. - Experience working with major foodservice distributors or wholesalers such as Brakes, Bidfood or similar would be highly advantageous. - A proven track record of delivering sales and commercial results. - Excellent negotiation, influencing and relationship-building skills. - The confidence to work across multiple categories and products. - A proactive, entrepreneurial approach and the ability to spot opportunities.