Remote Key Account Manager
6 days ago
Blackpool
We're hiring a Key Account Manager to join our On-Trade Sales Team! This is an exciting opportunity to manage and grow our partnership with Jascots, one of our key route-to-market customers in the premium on-trade channel. You'll be responsible for driving sustainable sales growth, increasing distribution and profitability, and ensuring our portfolio of brands is positioned for long-term success. In this role, you'll build strong commercial relationships with key stakeholders, develop and execute customer plans, and play a key role in delivering our on-trade sales objectives. This role is working for Freixenet Copestick, managing the Jascots account. What you'll be doing: • Manage and develop the commercial relationship with Jascots, acting as the primary point of contact for key stakeholders, • Build trusted, collaborative partnerships that support long-term customer growth and mutual business success, • Create and implement customer and route-to-market strategies across our portfolio of brands, • Identify opportunities to increase distribution, visibility, sales performance and profitability across the customer estate, • Lead customer business planning, setting clear objectives, priorities and action plans, • Prepare, negotiate and present commercial proposals that deliver value for both the customer and the business, • Manage customer contracts, trading agreements, pricing structures and commercial terms, • Deliver agreed sales volume, revenue and margin targets across the account, • Forecast sales, monitor account performance and maintain awareness of market trends and commercial risks, • Analyse sales data and customer performance to identify opportunities for growth and improvement, • Work closely with Business Development Managers, Marketing and Supply Chain teams to ensure excellent execution of account plans, • Represent the business professionally at customer meetings, trade visits and industry events, • Champion our company values in all interactions, fostering a positive and inclusive culture What we're looking for: • Experience managing customer relationships or commercial accounts within an FMCG or business-to-business environment, • Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence and engage a variety of stakeholders, • Commercially aware, with the ability to balance customer needs and business objectives, • Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills, • Confident analysing sales data and using insights to drive commercial decisions, • Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver against objectives, • Collaborative, proactive and results-driven approach, • Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally internationally when required, • Interest in wine and the premium drinks industry, • This role is primarily remote, however regulary travel to London and our head office (Newbury) will be required What we offer: • Performance-related bonus, • Enhanced pension contributions, • Car allowance, • Private health cover, • 25 days annual leave + birthday day off, • Enhanced parental leave, • Employee Assistance Programme, • Income protection & life assurance, • Group accident insurance, • EV salary sacrifice scheme, • Generous staff discounts across our portfolio We welcome applications from candidates who do not meet 100% of the requirements. We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process where needed.