The successful candidate will have a number of years experience in business development, ideally within the logistics or service sectors, be a competent communicator with the ability to anticipate and identify customer’s needs.

In addition, you must be able to demonstrate market and competitor awareness, understanding market sectors in order to sell in new products and processes.

An opportunity has arisen for a Finance Professional (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) to join a professional team and play an important role, both in client delivery and the continuing development of the underlying financial service processes.

The role will involve taking full accountability for the core finance tasks for a number of consortiums. This will involve dealing with key stakeholders, all finance aspects of contract compliance, financial performance analysis and preparation of accounts and board reports.

The ideal candidate will be team orientated, strongly client delivery focused, analytical and a good communicator.

Experience of consortium finance management and the use of financial models within a PFI environment is highly desirable.

The main responsibility will be to identify and open new accounts that have a high influx of tourists as the brand is particularly popular with US and Far Eastern tourists.

The successful candidate will have experience selling into and contacts within major department stores and, ideally, Jewellery chains throughout London.

The position will be home based, therefore a high degree of self motivation and discipline is essential.

The successful person will challenge existing processes within the supplier relationships, including purchasing practices across the group. In particular, looking at the total supplier relationship across the whole group, to ensure that best value and quality is achieved whilst minimising risk to the group.


Key areas of responsibility:
• Exploitation of group synergies across contractual arrangements ensuring that wherever possible:
   • duplication is avoided;
   • best practice is shared across the business; and
   • simplification is achieved.

• Best cost, service, and quality achieved through having appropriate contracts in place, with correct costs and KPIs with the right
suppliers to support the business.

• Advise on and ensure adherence to group policies and purchasing procedures (CRP, Finance Committee, Global sourcing), taking
into account the nature of the requirement and the needs of the business to ensure that the most appropriate approval process is
followed.

• Achieve best use of company resources through the provision of self-help tools, training and coaching for managers across the
business.

• Performance management of suppliers through taking remedial or corrective action

• Relationship Management of specific contracts across the group within areas of responsibility.

Skills / experience required
• Contract Drafting
• Benchmarking
• Tender preparation and process management
• Commercial Negotiation and KPI setting
• Problem solving, corrective action planning and performance monitoring
• Communication skills
• Credibility/presence
• Computer literacy - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email, Internet, SAP MM
• CIPS qualification is desirable although not essential as are German language skills

Our Client is one of the leaders in its field, with a strong UK market position. A profitable and growth-orientated business where career opportunities emerge for those that demonstrate commitment and performance. The group has an excellent reputation for product quality, design, marketing, delivery and service. As an Account Manager your task will be to manage existing clients, increasing the Company’s revenues and enhancing the Company’s reputation. You will be a Graduate or equivalent with at least five years experience in an FMCG environment, able to demonstrate achievements across a wide marketing, selling and account management spectrum. Experience dealing with key accounts in a fast moving customer orientated environment is essential as is process management skills; planning and time-management are also of great importance. You will be a self-starter, energetic and resilient, intellectually able with a strong commercial bias. An effective communicator at all levels, convincing, persuasive and resilient, with a passion for delivering best practice structures.