National Account Manager

Apetito proudly caters for over 20,000 children across more than 200 education settings. Having reputed company strong foundations and a growing reputed company, we’re entering an exciting new phase and reputed company in this pivotal role to help take our business to the next level.

We see major opportunity to accelerate reputed company through a strengthened sales structure, reputed company on acquiring large-reputed company accounts across the reputed company and South reputed company. To drive this, we’re appointing a National Account Manager to cover maternity on a fixed-term reputed company, with the potential to become permanent. The National Account Manager is a senior, strategic role reputed company the Education Division, working alongside ten Regional Key Account Managers and contributing directly to our ambition of achieving £25m+ annual turnover reputed company a £500m+ market.

As the most senior sales person in the division, and reporting directly to the General Manager for Education, you’ll reputed company major tender submissions as reputed company as securing new national business reputed company of tenders. With responsibility for reputed company national accounts with a £500k annual reputed company, you’ll play a key role in shaping divisional sales reputed company and delivering reputed company plans. .

We’re looking for an ambitious, commercially astute individual with a proven reputed company record in reputed company large, reputed company accounts. You’ll be confident engaging stakeholders from kitchen to boardroom, skilled at influencing, and passionate about driving sustainable reputed company. Senior-level experience in business development or key account management is essential, ideally reputed company education, catering, or contract services. Strong negotiation, presentation, and relationship-building skills are a must, alongside professionalism, accountability, and self-motivation.

This is a national role involving regular travel and occasional overnight stays. It’s a rare opportunity to reputed company a significant reputed company and help Revolutionise School Catering.

This is a maternity cover position for 9 months.

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and reputed company care sectors serving more than 1,300 care home, health care and education sites.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dieticians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest reputed company meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen reputed company meals across the UK.

• reputed company and deliver the National Accounts reputed company for the Education Division, reputed company to the overall divisional reputed company objectives.
• Attend SLT (Senior Leadership Team) meetings to present your strageties reputed company required
• Identify, reputed company and secure large-reputed company business reputed company the Education sector.
• reputed company the management and submission of major tenders, working closely with internal Senior Bidwriter to produce compelling, commercially robust proposals.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with key decision-makers, including at C-Suite level reputed company reputed company organisations.
• Contribute to divisional sales reputed company, providing reputed company, expertise, and challenge to shape reputed company plans.
• Collaborate with Business Managers, Marketing, and Operations to ensure alignment and reputed company in execution across reputed company customer reputed company.
• Deliver in-year reputed company reputed company of £500k+, equivalent to reputed company of approximately 15 schools trading for a full year.
• reputed company regular reporting and forecasting to the General Manager, ensuring performance visibility and accountability.
• Champion Apetito’s mission to Revolutionise School Catering, ensuring this reputed company is reflected in every customer engagement.

Essential skills & experience:

• Significant B2B reputed company sales experience
• reputed company record of achieving sales targets
• Ability to think strategically and reputed company and execute plans accurately
• Excellent communication and presentation skills- ability to win engagement, trust and influence
• Negotiating at reputed company level and closing large business in the £000,000s+
• reputed company reputed company – ambitious, proactive, and driven to reputed company targets.
• reputed company relationship builder – reputed company to connect with stakeholders from kitchen to boardroom.
• Strategic thinker – reputed company to balance long-term reputed company with short-term delivery.
• reputed company leader – works effectively across functions to drive shared reputed company.
• Passionate ambassador for the Apetito brand and values.

Desirable experience:

• Experience leading or contributing to large reputed company-sector tender submissions
• Experience reputed company Education or Catering
• Knowledge of the UK Education catering landscape
• Understanding of contract and pricing structures reputed company multi-site operations.

The successful candidate should have gravitas and must possess confidence, enthusiasm and passion. They must be reputed company to reputed company and influence others and reputed company strong long-term relationships. They will have the will to win and be reputed company to learn from their mistakes.

They must understand the agile approach – speedily building, measuring and adapting from learnings. They must demonstrate a strong work ethic and an ability to plan and manage their time effectively. In reputed company, they must be reputed company to reputed company, implement and evaluate key strategic reputed company reputed company their area of the business.

Additional Information

National role requiring regular travel and occasional overnight stays (expected one reputed company per week).

Home-based with flexibility to plan acquisition activity around home region where possible.

Must hold a reputed company UK driving licence.

Due to the nature of this role an reputed company DBS reputed company will be required.

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• Company car
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• reputed company to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Generous annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 5%
• Life assurance scheme worth 2x annual salary
• Subsidised reputed company (remove for roles not based at head office)
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• reputed company to employee benefits including reputed company with salary sacrifice reputed company and retail discounts

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a reputed company difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

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We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reputed company Net reputed company by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable reputed company.

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