Account Manager - Bidfood & Buying Groups

at  Nestl Professional

POSITION SUMMARY

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Out of Home (OOH) team here at Nestlé Professional as Account Manager on the Bidfood and Buying Group team to lead, manage and grow a portfolio of key Buying Group Customers, driving performance of the Buying Group wholesalers and providing strategic analytical support to the Business Team lead. This new role will also provide a fantastic opportunity to work alongside the Business Account Manager for Bidfood.
This is a high-profile role, where you will have the opportunity to drive and accelerate our fantastic Food and Beverage portfolio comprising relevant solutions for all key Foodservice sectors. In addition, you will play an important role in driving and developing the new and fast-growing Plant Based category with our Garden Gourmet Foodservice range.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US:

Nestlé Professional (NP) is our Business-to-Business food service arm, which specialises in the OOH solutions market. NP operates successfully in an enormous marketplace and is an ambitious growth driver for Nestlé. The team’s aim is to inspire growth in our partners, by providing branded, creative solutions that help our customers develop their business, ultimately driving footfall and increasing their profit.
In Nestlé Professional, we have created an exciting environment where we all feel we belong, we are the best we can be, and we win together. We want people to feel they can be themselves, dare greatly and believe their best is yet to come.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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Job advert posting date 06/01/2025
Job advert closing date 06/02/2025
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• Deliver key business objectives and grow sales of wholesalers/members of Bidfood, Buying Group Customers aligned with the Wholesale strategy (Bidfood & Buying Groups).
• Develop Joint Business Plans and Customer Investment Plans.
• Drive penetration and other business development initiatives based on Bidfood and Buying Group strategy, strategic priorities and local market characteristics across NP portfolio.
• Work with the Activation team to deliver added value to the customer execution and develop strong activation (including digital) and customer plan
• Monitor and analyse Customers and key member performance, develop corrective / accelerating actions in order to achieve business objectives
• Support Foodservice category strategy development and execution
• Deliver Customer and channel input to the categories to drive Bigger, Bolder and Better innovation & renovation required to win
• Work closely with Field Sales team to ensure execution of Bidfood and Buying Group strategy within RTM, provide required support to RTM Field Sales teams to drive growth in priority channels delivered through RTM