Do you have a passion for identifying insights and trends? Passionate about working as part of a team? And have an ambition to have a long-term career in a commercial environment within the food industry? If this sounds like you, then our Account Executive Placement could be the perfect opportunity!

Why Greencore?

 We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

This is a dynamic and innovative field, which brings many commercial challenges relating to market trends, product launches, maintaining relationships with customers, suppliers and internal teams.

We’re looking for motivated undergraduates who are completing either a food related or business degree and have a keen ambition to gain experience within the commercial environment of a fast-moving consumer good business. This is a 12-month placement aimed at those who elect to complete a ‘year-in-industry’ as part of their degree, with the potential to return to Greencore once you have completed your undergraduate degree.

What you'll be doing

The Greencore Account Executive placement is designed to help you gain valuable experience that supports your future career ambitions in the food industry.

During this placement as an Account Executive, support our National Account Managers in the day-to-day management of our customers. You will play a pivotal part in our relationship with our valued customers and will work collaboratively with other teams in the business to improve our service. This will include:

• Manage all day-to-day customer requirements to include research on the shopper journey, product sampling and benchmarking sessions
• Identify key insights on our product range and actions internally with the category and NPD teams and with the customer
• As directed by the National Account Manager, you will be involved in the promotional process of our products and activity
• Provides category analysis to support the customer innovation and category process
• Validation and checking of sets of data to ensure business information is aligned (e.g. – Sales forecast)
• Own and deliver a schedule of reporting to capture all business requirements
• Maintain database of knowledge and data relating to our customer

At the end of the placement, you will have gained valuable on the job experience while also gaining knowledge of a commercial environment within the food industry.

We firmly believe it’s our people who deliver our performance which is why we place so much emphasis on colleague development and career progression.

You will be assigned a mentor who will support you in your development throughout the placement. You’ll also get to network with other Early Careers colleagues across the business and attend external events to help you develop your network in the wider industry.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for you to have a passion for food, and people. You will also be:

• Passionate about working as part of a team and have an ambition to have a long-term career in a commercial environment/food.
• Highly motivated to grow your career.
• Resilient and equipped to take change in your stride.
• Curious, organised, and able to use your excellent communication skills to build   effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.

To join our Commercial Placement programme, you will need:

• The right to live and work in the UK.
• Currently studying

Whilst this role is based in Sheffield, to take full advantage of this opportunity, you will be required to travel to other sites when necessary, and therefore a full driving license is preferred.

What you’ll get in return

Not only will you gain experience across our business; you will also have access to our Greencore colleague benefits including:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• 25 days Holidays, Plus Bank Holidays
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Applications are due to close on Sunday 9 March 2025, however if there are high volumes of applications, we may close early.

Our first stage virtual assessment will take place between Tuesday 8th – Wednesday 9th April 2025.

The second stage, face to face assessment will take place at one of our Greencore sites, between Wednesday 23rd April and Thursday 24th April 2025.

You will join Greencore in June 2025 and attend an induction week at the end of August 2025.

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