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Account Director - Full-Time, Permanent
Account Director - Full-Time, Permanent
Location: Remote (with monthly visits to client site in London)
Salary: £60,000 per annum
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
The Opportunity
Are you a strategic and commercially focused leader with experience in FMCG, food retail, or technical services? We're recruiting for an Account Director to take ownership of a major retailer account for a leading client services organisation.
In this high-impact role, you'll be responsible for the commercial success and smooth delivery of services to a key client. You'll work closely with internal teams, stakeholders, and suppliers to ensure excellence in delivery, while driving innovation and maintaining strong client relationships.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading and developing a key retailer account, taking full commercial responsibility
- Managing all aspects of service delivery to ensure client satisfaction
- Handling commercial negotiations for existing and new services
- Running weekly update meetings and monthly governance reporting with the client
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders
- Identifying growth opportunities and delivering against commercial targets
- Representing the business at a senior level and acting as a key point of contact
- Collaborating with internal teams and regulatory experts to deliver results
- Proven experience in a client-facing commercial role, ideally with major retailers
- Strong understanding of FMCG or food retail environments
- Knowledge of food technical, product development, or regulatory processes
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage complex workloads in a fast-paced setting
- Previous experience managing teams and driving performance
- Strong IT skills including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
- A positive, proactive attitude and eagerness to learn and improve
- Salary of £60,000 per annum
- Remote and flexible working
- Up to 25 days holiday per year
- Company pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Payroll Giving and Cycle to Work schemes
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