National Account Manager - Wholesale
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About the Role
National Account Manager – Foodservice / Wholesale
Home Based with frequent travel to HQ in Haydock
We're proud to be exclusively partnering with Aimia Foods on a key hire within their Commercial division. The team behind well-known brands such as Drink Me Chai, Horlicks, Bubbleology, Shmoo and Galaxy Hot Chocolate, Aimia has been developing drinks loved by consumers across retail and foodservice for decades.
We’re proud to support their next phase of growth by connecting them with the talent that will help drive it forward.
As part of continued growth within the Out-of-Home division, Aimia is now looking to appoint a National Account Manager to take ownership of one of their most strategic foodservice partnerships.
The Role
This is a high-impact commercial role within the Aimia for Professionals division, focused on driving growth across major foodservice wholesale customers.
You’ll manage a key national account while building relationships across the wider organisation — from head office buyers through to regional teams, chefs and sales functions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning and developing a strategic wholesale / foodservice account
- Building strong relationships across multiple stakeholders within the customer organisation
- Creating and delivering account growth plans
- Identifying opportunities to grow both branded and own-label ranges
- Managing commercial negotiations, investment and profitability
- Working closely with marketing and NPD teams to unlock new opportunities
About You
We’re looking for a commercially driven account manager who thrives in fast-moving customer environments.
You’ll likely bring:
- Strong sales, negotiation and influencing skills
- Experience managing and growing national accounts
- The ability to build senior stakeholder relationships
- A strategic mindset with a focus on delivering growth
Experience within foodservice, wholesale or contract catering would be advantageous.
Interested?
If you're a commercially minded drinks professional with strong wholesale or foodservice experience, this is a brilliant opportunity to step into a role where you can win big customers and directly impact the growth of a great drinks portfolio.
The Advocate Group is a leading search and selection business providing top talent to the consumer products sector. If you’re interested in finding out more about our available opportunities or how we can help you further your career, then please contact us today.
Advocate Group is the sole and exclusive talent partner for Aimia Foods. All direct or third party applicants will be forwarded to Advocate Group for processing.
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