National Account Exec | Food | Wrexham | ~£25-30k

National Account Exec | Food | Wrexham | ~£25-30k
Do you have 1-2 years experience in supply chain / forecasting / commercial or category support within the food retail supply chain? Are you hungry and driven to progress your career? Would you like to manage key commercial or category relationships for a big food supplier in the future? If so, this might be the role for you.

About Our Client
Our client is a leading manufacturer of fresh/chilled food. They supply the major UK food retailers, discounters and foodservice markets with a variety of products. They have a great reputation for quality and service levels and have built real, collaborative relationships with their customers. They have multiple locations across the UK, each with state of the art facilities that have seen significant investment. Our client is committed to delivering products which add value to their customers and consumers.

About the Role
This role will focus on the commercial relationship and supply chain for our clients' Morrison's business. You will utilise your supply chain and forecasting experience to drive efficiencies and make the most of any commercial opportunities within the customer. You will support category, NPD and commercial departments to continue a successful relationship with Morrisons offering their customers the products that they want at a great price. You will be adept at using Excel and forecasting experience would be a real positive but is not essential. You will use these skills to ensure a sufficient supply of products to meet the demands of consumers, whilst simultaneously reducing waste in a very fast-paced and short shelf-life product environment. You will be the second point of contact for the Morrisons account and will work with Morrisons assistant buyers to deliver results

The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have a supply chain / commercial support or category experience in a food retailer / food retail supplier. You will be hungry to progress your career and potentially move into a national account manager or category manager role in the future. You will be a strong communicator and be able to stand on your own two feet and be self-assured. You will be able to problem-solve and work closely with internal/external teams to deliver.

Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, as a bare minimum, you will need to have a relevant degree, be confident, a strong communicator and be able to work at real pace. This role will involve working on advanced Excel spreadsheets so practical experience of using VLookUp's, Pivot Tables etc.

Application Process
Our client wants to fill this role ASAP and will likely move quickly for the right person.

How to Apply
If this sounds like you, please click apply now. To discuss the role in more detail please contact Tom Edmondson-Matthews on 01780 480 530 or tom@morepeople.co.uk. Job reference TEM13086