09 Oct
Dale Farm
Belfast
Job description
Account Manager (Ice Cream)
About Us
Dale Farm is a leading dairy company supplying a wide range of consumer and food ingredients including fresh milk, cheeses, milk powders, butter & dairy spreads, and ice cream into the UK, Irish and international markets.
Core to our success is our people, and we now have an exciting opportunity within our Ice Cream team, based at our Head Office on Dargan Road, Belfast.
About the Role
As an Account Manager, you will be responsible for managing the company’s nominated key accounts across the retail convenience channel, as well as driving sustainable and profitable sales aligned to Group strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the National Account Manager,
your core responsibilities will include :
- Taking full responsibility of nominated accounts across the retail channel to deliver budgeted net margin, volume, and turnover across each category.
- Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key strategic accounts, leveraging partnerships to drive forward retail strategy and category plans.
- Supporting on commercial projects and implementing process improvements within the team remit.
- Managing and developing strong cross-functional relationships within Dale Farm to ensure optimum service levels to the customer.
- Providing accurate and timely weekly production forecasting by customer / SKU to manage stock availability.
- Annual Budget setting by volume and price across all customers at SKU level, as well as conducting ongoing regular reviews as required by the business.
- Any other duties as directed by the National Account Manager within the scope of the Commercial function.
A bout You
The Essential
The successful candidate should be educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline with minimum 2 years’ management experience, and who can demonstrate successfully delivering within that role.
We are looking for a candidate that is effective at managing customer relationships and has experience within the FMCG / Dairy market.
The candidate will have honed excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven track record of developing close working relationships with customers and colleagues.
They will be able to work effectively within a fast-paced environment, adapting quickly as and when challenges arise to find solutions and deliver against objectives.
Candidates should possess a sound knowledge and competency in IT to include advanced level in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
A full, clean UK driving license is essential.
The Desirable
Experience of a van sales network would be advantageous.
Why Dale Farm?
We have a lot to offer at Dale Farm, not only to our farmer members that we support but also to our employees, and we are committed to a learning and development journey for all.
In addition to a competitive salary commensurate with the role and our standard benefits such as 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and contributary company pension, we also offer benefits such as Life Assurance, full wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme, and enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
We promote an open and supportive culture which is based on our core values :
Teamwork Positivity Resolve Ambition Curiosity Accountability
You can find out more about life at Dale Farm on our LinkedIn and Facebook Career pages, and on our company website.
The closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday 14th July. Please apply via clicking the apply button below.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer
Only applications from EU Nationals or those with a valid permit to work in the UK will be accepted
No unsolicited CVs from Agencies
▶️ Account Manager-Ice Cream
🖊️ Dale Farm
📍 Belfast