National Account Manager - Contract Catering

Quorn Foods are delighted to be recruiting for a National Account Manager to join our growing Foodservice function.

The Role

Due to rapid growth and increased opportunity within our Foodservice function, we are now looking to recruit for a National Account Manager to focus specifically on the Contract Catering sector.

This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver substantial growth, where you will be tasked with delivering the UK Contract Catering strategy for a portfolio of national accounts such as Compass, Sodexo, WSH & Aspens.

Working closely with the wider National Account Management and existing Contract Catering team, you will work together to unlock key business focused sectors across the sector. Delivering against budgeted sales, spend/profit measures, you will identify incremental business opportunities whilst developing and negotiating investment programmes which deliver unit compliance and ROS improvements.

This role will be a homebased role with travel to Quorn sites, team meetings and customers as and when required.

What Experience You'll Need To Have

• Demonstrable background in a commercially focused role within the Foodservice Contract Catering channel and the respective customers
• Clear hunger and drive to constantly hunt for new business opportunities & develop customer growth/investment plans
• Previous experience of working with customers such as Compass/Foodbuy and/or Sodexo
• Passion for food and the Quorn product portfolio
• Ability to create, develop and implement channel and customer strategies which track-record of delivering success
• Excellent negotiation, communication, influencing & presentation skills
• Ability to manage budgets and analyse data with competent use of Microsoft Excel
• A passion for healthy, sustainable products which are better for our consumers and the planet – you don’t have to be a vegetarian to work for Quorn!

What You'll Get In Return

• A Competitive Salary
• Company Car
• Enrollment into our Company Bonus Scheme
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays (plus the option to buy or sell up to 5 days per year!)
• Generous Pension and Life Assurance Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programmes (we're a Gold Sponsor of GroceryAid along with our own internal Wellbeing Champions)
• Health & Wellbeing support with Digital GP services, free flu jabs, eye tests and discounted gym memberships
• Free Quorn products on-site to take home and share with your friends and family!

To apply for this vacancy, please follow the relevant link to submit your CV and Covering Letter. We look forward to receiving your application.

About Us

Quorn is a global company led by a clear purpose and ambition. By 2030, we will be a Net +positive business with 8 billion servings of our amazing Quorn & Cauldron products being consumed across the world.

At Quorn, we have a simple message, to create an inspiring range of irresistibly tasty meals which are not only great for you and your family, but for the planet and generations to come.

It is our collective differences that make Quorn special. Our heritage speaks to this, as pioneers of meat alternative products, we choose to embrace a different path which sets us apart.

We are committed to four core values which make us who we are. We are ‘Stronger Together’, we aim to ‘Make Lives Better’, we ‘Think Big & Act With Courage’ and we ‘Strive To Be The Best’.

Quorn is committed to promoting diversity across our workforce. We are dedicated to attracting and developing talent, empowered through an inclusive culture.

Our backgrounds, experiences and ideas are all valued so we can foster an environment where our differences make us ‘Stronger Together’.

All suitably qualified applicants will be considered regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, religion, and age.

Recruitment Agencies

Please note that we manage our recruitment directly and will not engage with any agencies on this or any other vacancies. On the occasion that we do require external support, we will engage our preferred suppliers who have an excellent prior track record in supporting the business when needed.

We do not accept speculative CV's and any communication from non-PSL agencies will be ignored and forwarded to our Resourcing Partner.