National Account Manager [Ireland]

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the ideal candidate:

• High attention to detail & accuracy
• P&L management experience
• FMCG direct-to-retail Account Management experience
• In-depth understanding of the UK/Ireland and/or international grocery market
• Excellent communication skills to enable you to develop and manage a number of key buying relationships
• In depth understanding of the workings of the international distribution
• A flexible, can-do attitude with the willingness to work closely with others within a small team, a real self-starter with no handholding
• The energy to work within a rapidly growing business that is constantly evolving and growing
• A true brand ambassador

about us:

itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.

itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant'broth, rice'noodles & miso'easy to name a few...

Buoyed by the success in the UK, itsu [grocery] International have expanded into several European markets, winning some major listings in key retailers. With more ground-breaking products in the pipeline and expanding into new and exciting categories (and markets), this is just the beginning.

D&I statement:

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Scope of the role:

itsu [grocery] is now looking for an International Account Manager to take ownership of our Ireland business and join our international team.

The successful candidate will manage our existing business through multiple retailers directly within Ireland, own responsibility for the P&L for the whole country and be accountable to deliver the company growth vision and strategic priorities.

This job role is best suited to somebody who has sales (account management) experience and is ready to take the next step in their career for an exciting brand.

Key responsibilities:

• working with multiple retailers directly
• working across different product categories [ chilled, ambient and frozen]
• collaborating with your international colleagues to deliver distribution and turnover targets
• full P&L management responsibility for Ireland
• ownership of the pricing and promotional strategy
• forecasting volume and value to the best of your knowledge
• identifying new opportunities with a risk/reward approach
• working closely with your international supply chain colleagues to ensure smooth, on-time deliveries to our customers and end users
• collaborating with the marketing team to build support plans and execute them with customers
• reporting into the Senior European business manager

what we offer:

• competitive salary
• competitive bonus scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (two bank holidays are interchangeable for other religious holidays)
• health insurance
• company pension scheme
• hybrid working (2 days wfh)
• opportunity to work from home abroad
• 50% employee discount in itsu shops
• free itsu lunch
• discounts at major retailers
• a sizeable training budget to support your ongoing development