National Account Executive (Bags)

Christchurch, England, United Kingdom

11/27/2024

Company Description

Solent Group work with a diverse portfolio of Retailers and supply bespoke products within various categories, including Health & Beauty, Household Impulse Snacking and Reusable Bags. We are proud to be best-in-class when it comes to own-label product innovation. Our Categories are fast-paced with ever-evolving trends and a host of ground-breaking products coming to market on a regular basis – we add value to retailers by leading and owning each category.

Here at Solent we want people to be extraordinary. We pride ourselves on creating and producing amazing products and brands for our Global Customers. You will be joining a company with offices globally across South Africa, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Vietnam, and the UK.

Position

Position

POSITION: National Account Executive (Bags)

DIVISION/DEPT: Commercial

REPORTS TO: National Account Controller

The Opportunity- National Account Executive (Bags)

This is a great opportunity for a driven and enthusiastic Account Executive who is looking for a career with excellent progression. We are looking for a proactive, commercially minded individual who can build lasting relationships, knows how to prioritise, learn quickly, and be open to a challenge – previous experience in a similar role with a passion for sales, FMCG or retail is advantageous.

You will take a journey through an intensive training period where you be mentored by our experts in the team, along with joining them on client visits, which will set you up for success at Solent!

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Grow existing clients, alongside generating new business
• Work with all departments to ensure customer strategy is met
• Formulate customer-specific sales plan/strategy, in-line with accountable budget, ensure costings are pre-checked and spec, packaging and recommended retail prices are correct
• You will be working independently alongside a pre-set sales strategy to achieve account-specific budgets
• Understand customer KPIs, and targets and review performance, with knowledge and proposals to reach category standards
  
  

About You

• Minimum 2 years experience managing national accounts, ideally within FMCG/Retail
• Some experience across our product categories, ideally in Health & Beauty or Household
• Proven experience in Critical Path Management
• Resource planning & allocation
• Project risk assessment
  
  

Other information

We Offer

• Competitive salary with performance related bonus
• 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Work flexibly: work where it works for you
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Medical cash plan
• Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, gym membership discounts and access to mental health support
• Learning and development and progression opportunities
• Solent social events
• Cycle to work scheme
  
  

Please visit us at https://solentgroup.co.uk/work-with-us/ for further details.

At Solent Group, we celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion across our global teams. We welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background.