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Account Director

Employer
Ashbury
Location
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Salary
£50-55K
Closing date
29 Oct 2021

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Technical
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details

Account Director

ABOUT US

We are a trusted partner in protecting brands and their end-consumers around the world, through clear and accurate product information.

Creating trust: Consumers must be able to trust product information, in order to trust a brand. When our clients choose to work with us, they are trusting us with the reputation and the future of their brands.

By providing expertise: We are a highly versatile team of experts with a unique blend of manufacturing, retail, enforcement and commercial experience. Our clients rely on us to know every angle of the international product information sector, inside out.

Through collaboration: Our clients trust our expertise and choose to work with us as collaborative partners, to help them build successful brands. We work side by side with our clients to interpret and apply legal guidelines, enabling them to launch innovative products quickly and efficiently.

ABOUT YOU

Our Teams are the physical face and representation of our Values to our customers; you are:

Welcoming: friendly, approachable and open to new ideas

Positive: create a positive experience for our people and our clients

Confident: act with integrity from a strong foundation of expertise

Simple: remove complexity and bring clarity

Your goals:  are to lead and grow a major retailer account. Taking responsibility for it commercially.  Ensuring delivery of quality work that meets the client's needs and addresses their business problems. Building a professional, approachable team who love what they do, are open to new ideas and take an honest, straight forward approach to delivering exceptional service. Surrounded and supported by Ashbury’s Regulatory and International specialists you will nurture the client relationship, optimise opportunities and deliver against identified targets.

The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic, pro-active, organised candidate who is eager to learn and thrives in a fast-paced environment. You will need the ability to make decisions and prioritise whilst keeping up communications internally as well as with the client, other stakeholders and suppliers.

The successful candidate will be a positive and pro-active commercial manager and team leader; able to understand issues and offer innovative solutions at a strategic and operational level, with the ability to drive the success of the process. Ideally the Account Director will have knowledge of the food technical and regulatory processes and ideally experience of working for a supplier to a major retailer. Understanding of the product development processes is an advantage.

The Account Director must be experienced in dealing with clients and communicating effectively across all levels of the organisation. They will have excellent diplomacy and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

Key requirements of the role are:

COMMERICAL

  • Responsible for the commercial performance of the client.
  • Management of all commercial negotiations for existing or new services.
  • Regular review of the cost-of-service delivery. Identifying opportunities to drive efficiency and improve the profitability of the service.
  • Quoting, agreeing, and managing service delivery of new projects as agreed with the Client.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

  • Build a client partnership mentality, always seeking to consolidate connections between the client’s business needs and Ashbury
  • Consistently seek a seat ‘at the top table’ – having the ear and respect of your most senior client and third-party contacts
  • Build confidence and trust within the client base in order to grow client advocacy
  • Proactively look to deepen client relationships wherever possible– networking, relationship building - professional relationships
  • Build key stakeholder relationships with relevant Stakeholders for the Client, including the Graphic Service Provider (GSP) and technical system provider,
  • Understand the client’s commercial objectives and how they relate to Ashbury’s business plan – financially and strategically
  • Formulate and communicate client development plans and corresponding resourcing needs back to Ashbury HO
  • Input in to resourcing plan across internal Ashbury teams

SERVICE DELIVERY    

  • Delivery of the service to the Client
  • Manage the day to day running of all aspects of the service to ensure the client needs are met
  • Raise the profile and reputation of Ashbury Labelling with the client, always presenting a professional, friendly and capable face
  • Take reasonable steps to ensure the process is followed by the Client and its suppliers.
  • Identify opportunities to drive continuous improvement, in the current ways of working of the Client and Ashbury
  • Work closely & collaboratively with the key decision makers in the GSP and technical system provider

PLANNING

  • Effectively plan projects to ensure that all volumes are achievable by all stakeholders.
  • Identify any capacity risks to workloads and discuss with the Client as appropriate, as soon any risk has been identified, with potential solutions
  • Identify solutions to resolve issues with projects and where possible ensure the impact these issues are communicated fully to all key stakeholders involved with the process
  • Deliver reporting to the client, as to the schedule agreed with the Client
  • Weekly update meetings with the Client to discuss the status of service delivery across the business, raising concerns regarding volumes, category issues and any delays
  • Monthly governance reporting
  • Ensure agreed reporting is managed in line with required weekly, monthly and quarterly KPI reporting

Line Reports

The Account Director will have line management responsibility for 2-3 Account Managers

SKILLS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

  • Demonstrable customer and internal stakeholder management skills, Ideally with major retailers
  • Management of varied workload within a fast-paced environment, Ideally within a client facing role
  • Commercial experience of negotiating contracts

 

Skills, ability & knowledge

  • Managing multiple tasks
  • Proven Project management skills
  • Degree level educational qualifications
  • Knowledge of the Food Industry through work experience or a relevant Qualification
  • Highly proficient in Microsoft - Word, Excel and Outlook, SharePoint, PowerPoint 
  • High level of ability to communicate in English in written and spoken formats

Personal qualities

  • Proactive, motivated and driven
  • To be able to demonstrate achievement of high value projects
  • Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
  • To be able to demonstrate this under pressure of deadlines

Company

About Us

We founded Ashbury in 2010 with a clear vision to give retailers and manufacturers complete confidence in the compliance of their product information and a dedication to helping consumers make safe, informed choices.

Our way of working and our international expertise, combined with our straightforward approach to compliance law, have seen us grow over the last decade into a leading global brand.

We have built one of the strongest, most versatile technical and regulatory teams in the world. With offices in three continents, we speak over 35 languages and provide regulatory services for over 80 countries and global regions. And we’re still growing.

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London
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EC4V 1JQ
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