National Account Manager Peter's Yard

National Account Manager Peter's Yard UK

United Kingdom

St Albans

Peter’s Yard is looking for an Out-of-Home National Account Manager to join our high performing team and help drive and deliver the next stage of growth. The role involves key multiple accounts, reporting to the sales lead at Peter’s Yard.

To devise & deliver exceptional business plans with key Food service and Specialist customers, ensuring sales of our products are maximised at key trading periods.

• Win new business through the channel with Wholesalers and End-users that showcase the exceptional quality and premium positioning of the Peter’s Yard brand and support the push‑pull strategy
• Own and manage P&L and forecasting of assigned accounts and deliver value, volume, and GP% metrics
• Build unrivalled cross‑functional relationships with key customer contacts across buying, supply chain, category & format teams
• Work with the Category Manager to deliver killer insights that drive significant business benefit
• Deliver top‑class visibility and penetration through bringing Peter’s Yard alive in the channel (e.g., POS, Online)
• Utilise customer systems to maximise our sales including influencing availability, compliance, promotion management

Reporting into:
Head of Sales, Peter’s Yard

You will likely be an existing National Account Manager with experience in the Food service & Specialist arena and able to hit the ground running.

• Right‑to‑work within the UK (without sponsorship)
• Minimum education to bachelor's degree level
• Strong experience in the channel and what is needed to support growth.
• Results‑driven – able to show examples of strong, tangible business results that you have personally led in customer
• Resilience and tenacity – obstacles don’t hold you back and you work effectively when faced with a tough buyer or tricky negotiation
• Analytical – you are all over the data and can bring new and relevant insights on your accounts
• Great relationship builder – you are personable and have a collaborative attitude to working with the buyer, getting the result we need for Peter’s Yard in a responsible and natural manner

A couple of things that are not essential but would be nice to have:

• A bit of a “Foodie”
• Online and digital sales experience

Team:
Be a team player, we all get stuck in to achieve results here at Lotus Natural Foods and we love our team to look beyond their own role, whether that be contributing to innovation workshops or building upon ideas to amplify the overall result that perhaps sits outside of your role.

Culture is hugely important to us here at Lotus Natural Foods and we look to our employees to positively contribute to that.

This role is a full‑time position at our beautiful offices in St Albans, with four days a week spent on‑site. Please only proceed if this works for you.