National Account Manager

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Date: 4 Mar 2026

Location: Belfast, GB

Company: Hovis

Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products. 

 

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people;  they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

 

We’re now searching for a proactive and committed National Account Manager (12 month FTC) ready to play a key role in the next chapter of our journey. Please see below for more detail.

 

Location: Belfast

Shifts: 3 days in office, 2 at home (flexible)  

 

Key Responsibilities: 

 

Commercial Delivery 

  • Ensure delivery of the company financial targets for blue chip supermarkets with a focus on turnover, profit and cash 

  • Use sales levers to improve volume & profit for the business 

  • Manage promotional and investment spend within agreed budgets and ensure appropriate returns are made 

 

Customer Relationships 

  • Build strong multifunctional relationships within customers to ensure understanding and buy in to the Hovis strategy at senior level. 

  • Ensure the customer’s plans and strategy are understood widely internally such that these can be incorporated into future planning 

  • Build strong cross functional awareness understanding the profit drivers in other functions and act accordingly 

 

Business Process 

  • Ensure risks and opportunities to the plan are accurately understood and that suitable plans are constructed to mitigate/deliver these 

  • Ensure that all Business Plans and commercials decisions have been agreed and signed off according to the business governance process 

  • Take responsibility for maintaining a clean ledger and ensure customers are paying to terms and actions are in place to bring in line as required 

 

Experience & qualifications: 

  • 2 - 3 years experience in senior sales role 

  • Commercial acumen & analytical - Excel / PowerPoint / Google 

  • Ability to build relationships internally and externally 

  • Strong prioritisation and organisational skills 

  • Competitive with a strong desire to win through innovative thinking and urgent execution 

  • Prepared to take personal responsibility for decisions and actions 

 

Benefits Baked In 

All colleagues can choose from a wide range of benefits in addition to salaries, based on their individual needs. 

  • Three levels of pension scheme to choose from - employer contribution of up to 7.5% 

  • Aviva DigiCare+ Workplace App includes: 'at home' Annual Health Check, Digital GP consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinions and much more 

  • Enhanced parental leave (and flexibility where possible to suit your needs) 

  • Access to funded physiotherapy sessions 

  • Wellbeing support and campaigns to help you stay active and healthy, be financially prepared, and support your mental wellbeing 

  • Opt in plans for money back towards the cost of opticians, dentist, physiotherapist and more 

  • A benefits platform for all, Hovis Choice: 

  • £££ Savings and cashback offers on day-to-day spending 

  • Eyecare vouchers 

  • Cycle to work scheme