National Account Manager - Grocery (Maternity Cover)

Lifestyle Brands (the LSB) is a growing house of like-minded brands under the SC Johnson umbrella including Method®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, Babyganics® and Ecover®. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional operations in Chicago and throughout Europe, the LSB is home to 650 employees. Together we act as a force for bold, transformative growth with a focus on delivering positive impact for people and the planet.

Location: Frimley, Surrey

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract for approx 12 months (maternity cover)

People Leader: Grocery Channel Lead

Function: Sales

Internal Job Title: Senior Associate, Sales Account Management

Please note this role is not eligible for relocation. Remote work is available once per week for eligible employees.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay & benefits
• Flexible working hours + compressed week hours (1/2 day off on Fridays)
• ‘Build your own’ learning programme
• Free breakfast & snacks
• 25 days annual holiday + additional days after service
• Pension, Life cover & Health Insurance & income protection
• Volunteering days
• Season ticket loan
• Wellness days

We are looking for a superstar National Account Manager to manage our Asda & Morrisons business. You will be part of the UK Grocery team within the UK Sales team and will formally report to the Channel Controller - Grocery based in Frimley.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a customer growth strategy, identifying opportunities and creating winning plans that drive sustainable results.
• Own and execute annual business plans, delivering sales, profit, ROI, distribution and growth targets.
• Lead customer negotiations, including trade terms, pricing and promotional plans, to maximise value for both the customer and LSB.
• Manage the account fundamentals with excellence, including forecasting, financial planning, performance tracking and reporting.
• Build strong partnerships internally and externally, influencing stakeholders and aligning teams behind customer plans.
• Champion the values and culture of LSB, sharing best practices and contributing to the success of the wider sales team.

Experience You'll Bring

• Solid Account Management experience within FMCG/Grocery, with a track record of delivering growth.
• Proven experience building and executing annual customer business plans, including negotiations and commercial delivery.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing a P&L and using data and insights to drive performance.
• Excellent relationship-building, influencing and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• A confident storyteller and presenter, able to turn insights into compelling customer propositions.
• A proactive, resilient and ambitious mindset, with the drive to achieve stretching targets in a fast-paced environment.
• A passion for purpose-led brands and sustainability, combined with a hands-on approach and bias for action.

About us: We are the people behind method + Ecover. We’ve always done things differently – we’re fearless thinkers, mad scientists and adventurous designers who believe that making soap leads to brave ideas, bold inventions and beautiful bubbles. We started small but we have big plans to make the world a cleaner, greener, more colourful place. We invite everyone to join us as we pioneer a future where doing business is doing good for all.

Application: Have you made it this far? If you’re still reading, we think there’s a strong chance you might be our kind of person. Here’s the thing, though — research suggests that 60% of women and underrepresented folks might have already talked themselves out of applying. Even if you don’t check every box above, we want to encourage you to introduce yourself. We believe a diversity of perspectives and experiences makes a team stronger — and the stronger our team, the closer we are to delivering our ambition of a clean world revolution!

Inclusion & Diversity: We believe that being a team of diverse people with different ideas, views and cultures will help us and our business thrive. We are committed to ensuring everyone who works at the LSB feels that they have a real sense of belonging and that they can show up as who they are, be valued, listened to and supported to do their best possible work.