Strategic Account Manager – Costcutter/Bestway

£80,000 to £100,000 plus excellent benefits including private healthcare, company car or £6,000 allowance and 28 days holiday (Work Level 4)

National role (hybrid working)

We’re looking for a Strategic Account Manager to join us to own our partnership with Costcutter and Bestway and lead a team of Account Managers. You’ll drive business growth from the partnership with Costcutter and Bestway and manage your team who will be accountable for the performance, compliance, planning and execution of all activities within the partnerships.

As a Strategic Account Manager, we’ll look to you to be a revenue driver and key ambassador for the whole Co-op group, creating the overall success and growth of the business through the partnerships you’ll manage with Costcutter and Bestway. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way – splitting your time between home and visiting our suppliers (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain strong relationships with Costcutter and Bestway and serve as the main point of contact representing both Nisa and Business Development opportunities
• Identify and develop opportunities to further increase both volume of trade and the overall profitability of the partnerships
• Provide clear leadership by understanding the partner contract and the requirements of both parties to make sure all elements are delivered
• Work closely with internal and external partners, including legal teams, to make sure Co-op remains fully compliant
• Contribute to the creation, development, and execution of strategic business plans, including addressing any potential challenges
• Identify and position growth opportunities and anticipate market trends

This role would suit people who have

• Excellent negotiation techniques to reach beneficial agreements
• Good communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging to suit a range of audiences
• Good relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and challenge people (of all levels of seniority) inclusively
• Experience of working with sales processes and techniques
• An ability to adapt to changing circumstances, market dynamics, and partner needs

Why Co-op?

If you’ve got the skills and experience we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

• Private healthcare for you and your family
• A company car or £6,000 car allowance
• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• YuLife – an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for your favourite brands

Building an inclusive work environment

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at colleagues.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-and-wellbeing.