Rodney & North Shore, Auckland
Kings Recruitment Ltd
Operating in New Zealand's FMCG market for over 20 years, our client represents market leading brands across Grocery & Wholesale channels throughout the country.
They are currently strengthening their Senior Management team and are looking to appoint an experienced and inspired National Business Manager, to provide leadership and guidance to an extremely competent National Key Account team and work closely with the Managing Director, while being empowered to manage the business.
This is a career defining role, which offers not only an exceptional career opportunity, but also the potential to realise further long-term career development and company leadership.
The role:
Lead and develop the National Account Team, to become best in class, ensuring their professional development through your management and mentorship.
Manage the overall growth and productivity of the brand owner's business
Holds overall responsibility for Brand Owner relationships, nurturing heads of business relationships
Ensures the Key Account team are aligned to the Brand Owner Strategic plan while managing the overall Financial KPIs ensuring continual improvement
Identifies and actively prospects quality targets new business
Continue to build and enhance the corporate profile
Take a lead role in representing the business in the FMCG industry networking meetings, conferences, etc
Manage Countdown and Foodstuffs key account relationships to drive the implementation of the Company strategy across the retail channels
Ensure continual improvement in the NPS scorecard
You
A proven performer with senior management experience from within the FMCG Channel.
Able to cultivate a culture of high achievement through empowerment and accountability
Understands the higher level of FMCG business and effective retailer engagement
Credibility in managing and growing existing senior FMCG industry relationships
Ability to Identify and maximise opportunities that support the growth of the business
Commercially equipped to make complex business decisions
Strategically competent to understanding and managing where profit comes and ability to foster practices to realise it.
Strong business reporting capability and optimisation of systems
Strives for productivity, profitability and continued improvement and best practice
We are looking for a dynamic individual with an enthusiastic approach…someone who has a hunger to make an impact and drive a senior team to exceed all business expectations. This should be recognised as a very rare career opportunity for a manager who wants to take their corporate business skills, apply more entrepreneurial flair and further grow in leadership responsibility.
This company has got it right and a golden opportunity waits for a respected business manager, to add value and to enjoy continued career growth.
We wish to ensure confidentiality, so please apply by sending your resume via Seek or directly to Lisa Baggaley, Director of Kings Recruitment on 09 600 5155 / lisa@kingsrecruitment.co.nz