Account Manager (Birmingham, BIR, GB)

Kerry Group
United Kingdom
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Customer Success & Account ManagementSkills: ["Negotiation","Communication","Persuasiveness","Strategic thinking","Numerical/financial acumen"]

Join the UK&I Meat & Meals team as an Account Manager, owning a portfolio of customer accounts as the “one face” for Kerry. Drive day-to-day account management, pipeline generation, and execution by understanding customer needs and delivering Kerry’s value proposition across taste, preservation, and coatings. Build and implement account plans, collaborate across teams, and deliver above-market growth through new business development and strong contract negotiation.

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Kerry Group
Kerry Group
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Account Manager (Birmingham, BIR, GB)

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Job Summary

Join the UK&I Meat & Meals team as an Account Manager, owning a portfolio of customer accounts as the “one face” for Kerry. Drive day-to-day account management, pipeline generation, and execution by understanding customer needs and delivering Kerry’s value proposition across taste, preservation, and coatings. Build and implement account plans, collaborate across teams, and deliver above-market growth through new business development and strong contract negotiation.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Customer Success & Account Management
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own a portfolio of customer accounts as the “one face” of Kerry and sell Kerry technologies and products into the designated accounts.
  • •Perform day-to-day account management, generate and execute pipeline opportunities.
  • •Promote Kerry product collections and identify opportunities for profitable new developments through analysis of customers’ branding and positioning.
  • •Manage and develop a pipeline of new business opportunities to grow revenue, margin, and market share.
  • •Collaborate with internal teams and create Key Account Plans aligned with internal stakeholders and in partnership with customers.
Travel: High travel

Key Requirements

  • •Technical culinary background with some existing customer-facing/account management experience.
  • •Experience in business development or selling in the flavour/food industry.
  • •Experience managing private label customers is a plus.
  • •Working knowledge of food science and how it supports product development and commercialization.
  • •Strong negotiating ability with clients and demonstrated commercial skills around contract negotiation and closing.
Experience:Food industry
Skills:NegotiationCommunicationPersuasivenessStrategic thinkingNumerical/financial acumen

Company Brief

Kerry Group
Kerry Group is a global taste and nutrition company supplying ingredients, flavours and integrated solutions to the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, serving manufacturers with product development, technical support and supply chain services.
Industry: FoodTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Tralee, Ireland
Founded: 1972
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