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Senior National Account Manager in Burton upon Trent

Senior National Account Manager

Working in a fast-paced FMCG food or drinks manufacturer, the role of Senior National Account Manager sits within the commercial sales team and will report into the Sales Controller, Commercial Controller or sometimes Sales Director. Whilst Senior National Account Managers are the day to day contact for the retail client, managing the profit and loss (P&L) for their branded or own label (private label) category portfolio, they also tend to have a team reporting into them or National Account Managers. The products they sell could be made up of fresh & chilled, dairy, frozen, ambient, confectionary, snacking, soft drink of alcoholic drink consumer goods dependant on the FMCG client they are employed by.
 
A Senior National Account Manager may work with Top 4 Grocery supermarket clients such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons or Asda. They could also be responsible for the joint business plans (JPB) within the convenience, high street, discounter, out of home (OOH) or food service channels, managing relationships with retailers such as Co-op, Mccoll’s, Booker, Nisa, Costcutter, Poundland, Boots, Spar, Londis or Budgens. A National Account Manager may also manage premium or luxury grocery retailer accounts such as Waitrose or Marks & Spencer (M&S).
 
The role is one that is more strategic then that of a National Account Manager or Commercial Manager, however still generally requires regular face to face contact offsite with the grocery retail clients, as well as delivering presentations as part of the pitch process.
Employers tend to prefer candidates with FMCG experience as they will be used to the fast paced work environment as well working with specific grocery retailers.
 
Salary wise the role generally pays between £58,000 to £70,000 depending on regional variance and level of experience.

Burton upon Trent

Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town on the River Trent where residents are affectionately known as "Burtonians”.

Burton became a nucleus for the early brewing industry due in part to the quality of the local water, which contains a high proportion of dissolved salts, predominantly caused by the gypsum in the surrounding hills. This allowed a greater proportion of hops, a natural preservative, to be included in the beer, thereby allowing the beer to be shipped further afield. Much of the open land within and around the town is protected from chemical treatment in order to help preserve this water quality.

The town is currently home to eight breweries: Coors Brewers Ltd (formerly Bass Brewers Ltd), Molson Coors Brewing Company (which produces Carling and Worthington Bitter), Marston, Thompson and Evershed plc (bought by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries and renamed Marstons plc). The Marston's Brewery produces its own brands, draught Marston's Pedigree, draught Hobgoblin and also draught Bass. The town's proud connection with the brewing industry is celebrated by a bronze sculpture commissioned in 1977 by James Walter Butler and depicts a local craftsman making a barrel. It originally stood opposite the market and despite opposition from many townspeople was moved to its present location inside the Cooper's Square Shopping Centre in 1994.

The National Brewery Centre celebrates the town's brewing heritage and is its biggest tourist attraction, aside from Claymills Pumping Station, which is a restored Victorian sewage pumping station.