On-Trade Account Manager - Peterborough

Seniority Level: Entry level

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Purpose:

Brewing the world’s most loved beers and building brands consumers love, AB InBev is where ownership, ambition, and action thrive. We empower you to dream big, lead change, and create a long-lasting legacy. We value relentless problem-solvers who take accountability, embrace challenges, and turn bold goals into results through resilience and hard work.

That’s Who We Are: Come and OWN IT.

As a Budweiser On-Trade Account Manager – Peterborough. This role will be focused on both account management to maximize existing relationships, whilst putting significant focus on winning and developing new accounts. A strong candidate will be an outstanding relationship builder, with the ability to sell from our premium portfolio.

This role is a field-based role covering the following postcodes NG31, NG32, NG33, NG34, Le15, NN17, NN18, PE1, PE2, PE3, PE4, PE5, PE6, PE7, PE8, PE9, PE10, PE11, PE12, PE13, PE14, PE15, PE16, PE26, PE27, PE28,PE29, PE30, PE34 so a current UK Driving License is required.

What’s in it for you:

• 25 holidays per year + bank holidays & holiday trading options
• Pension (up to 8% employer contribution) & income protection
• Comprehensive health & wellbeing benefits (fully funded private medical insurance, dental insurance, gym discounts, Employee Assistance Programme)
• 26 weeks paid parental leave for eligible primary caregivers
• A beer allowance to enjoy our brands
• 2 volunteer days a year to support your local community
• 4employee networks to support diversity and inclusion
• Life assurance & charitable giving

The role:

From your very first day, you’ll be encouraged to lead, speak your mind and take ownership of your own success as well as the success of our business. You’ll have your colleagues behind you because we believe that with hard work and a strong team, we can achieve anything. The most important thing to know? We aren’t afraid to dream big, and we never shy away from a challenge.

We have an exciting opportunity for an On-Trade Account Manager to join our Independent Free Trade Team, based in Peterborough! The On-Trade Account Manager will represent Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, managing a number of accounts, delivering the best customer service and supporting our wholesale partners to grow sales across our amazing portfolio.

This role will support customers in Peterborough.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Focused on both account management to maximise existing relationships, whilst also putting significant focus on winning and developing new accounts.
• Developing account plans that will drive and protect growth across multiple operators.
• Hitting volume and revenue targets across our wholesale partners.
• Develop a strong network of working relationships across the ledger from Head Office contacts, Wholesale Salesforce, internal Wholesale Key Account Managers, Technical Support.
• Demonstration of commercial acumen and delivery of KPI results.
• Leading key activations, and communicating with the wider team to ensure perfect execution of our brand activities.
• Differentiate our brands through innovative support that adds value to our customers.
• Tracking account performance versus investment to maintain the best outcome for the business.
• Presenting quarterly reviews on the performance of key accounts and forward planning to deliver against budget.
• Set volume goals with each customer, and agree the brand support, that delivers against the objectives.
• Develop key industry relationships (DJ's, promoters, local and on trend media companies etc) that result in business building initiative.

Who We're Looking For:

• Someone with a strong work ethic who is persistent, resilient and is keen to develop their career with us.
• Outstanding local market knowledge, contacts and experience in beer or similar industry.
• Ownership - Take your results personally and lead by example.
• Excellent relationship building with Customers, Consumers, internal and external stakeholders.
• Previous sales experience preferred
• Great communication skills and the ability to manage and cultivate relationships.
• Negotiation and Objection Handling skills as well as commercial acumen
• Confident in written and spoken English, with knowledge of commercial math's.
• Ability to manage time and workload to optimize effectiveness and efficiency
• On-trade experience is desirable as is experience of working with premium/super-premium brands
• This role is Field Based role so a current UK Driving License is required

Why build your career with us

We recruit for mindset, ambition, cultural fit, and growth opportunities.

UNIQUE CULTURE

We are proud to be part of something bigger than ourselves and are passionate about building upon our company’s long legacy. We believe in collaboration and candor, which results in a dynamic culture with open communication.

BRANDS EVERYONE LOVES

We are part of the collective, global history of beer. We are the proud makers of more than 500 iconic brands, from beloved international classics to local favorites.

GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

Our people grow at the pace of their talent. We empower our people to learn, expand their perspectives, and unlock career growth. In an environment where commitment to excellence pays off, our people are able to deepen their impact and create a long-lasting legacy.

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