Centre People Appointments
A Japanese food manufacturing company is currently recruiting a Key Account Manager to work in their Enfield, North London office.
In this role, you will be responsible for growing major UK grocery retail accounts and delivering profitable revenue growth.
The ideal candidate should have commercial skills, food passion, cultural awareness, and the ability to drive profitable growth.
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ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:
- (O) Eligible visa: Permanent residence, Spouse, Partner, Working holiday, Graduate
- (X) NOT eligible: Student visa, Requiring visa sponsorship,
WORK TYPE: Hybrid work style
VISA SUPPORT: No
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TYPE: Permanent, full-time
WORKING HOURS: 9:00-17:30 from Monday to Friday
SALARY: upto £45k, depending on experience
START: ASAP
LOCATION: Enfield, North London
Key Account Manager Main Responsibilities:
- Own and grow relationships with key UK grocery retailers
- Lead Joint Business Plans, delivering revenue, margin, distribution, and rate-of-sale targets
- Drive range expansion, new product sell-in, and promotional activity
- Use data to identify issues and opportunities and to inform decisions
- Act as the commercial voice of the customer internally
Key Account Manager Ideal Candidate:
- 3+ years of experience managing UK grocery multiples or equivalent key account management experience
- Proven commercial and negotiation skills with experience driving profitable growth
- Passion about food and eagerness to learn about Japanese cuisine
- Highly organised, proactive, and able to work independently with incomplete information
- Comfortable in Japanese corporate culture, respectful, can-do mindset, attention to details, and collaborative
- Flexible and adaptable, thriving in a less structured and entrepreneurial environment
- Business level fluency in English
- Some understanding of Japanese culture and Japanese language would be advantageous
** All applicants for the Key Account Manager must have the right to work in the country as the Company is not able to offer visa support.
*We regret that we cannot accept applications from Working holiday visa, Graduate or Student visa holders.
If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.
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