Job Description
National Account Executive - 12 Month FTC
Salary: £35,000 - £39,000
Hybrid: 3 Days Office / 2 Days Home
Full-time: 8:30am-5:00pm (4:00pm Friday Finish) - 45 minutes lunch
Location: Castle Donington / Kegworth
Macildowie are working exclusively with this market-leading FMCG manufacturing client based in Derbyshire on an exciting 12-month fixed term opportunity within their Contract Manufacturing team.
What's In It For You
If you are motivated by delivery, pace and seeing projects through from concept to launch, this role offers genuine ownership and visibility, not just support from the sidelines. This opportunity is designed for someone who wants more than just a title … it's about impact, exposure and development.
You will benefit from:
- Hybrid working and early Friday finishes: giving you balance alongside challenge
- Real responsibility from day one: owning project coordination across multiple live customer launches
- Cross-functional exposure: working alongside operations, supply chain, finance, NPD and commercial teams
- Commercial insight: understanding cost recovery, margin impact and forecasting within a manufacturing environment
- Career-enhancing experience: gaining structured project delivery exposure in a complex FMCG setting
- A high-performing, collaborative team: ranked highly internally for engagement and culture
- Future potential: strong prospects for longer-term opportunities for the right individual
This is a role where you build credibility quickly, develop resilience and sharpen your commercial awareness in a fast-moving environment.
The Role
As National Account Executive, you will sit at the centre of project delivery, ensuring customer concepts are executed on time, within operational capability and aligned to cost expectations.
You will:
- Coordinate NPD workflows and manage gate review processes
- Drive critical paths and ensure actions are followed through
- Support customer calls, capture key actions and maintain momentum
- Monitor write-offs and cost recovery relating to artwork, ingredients and trials
- Maintain KPI trackers and performance reporting
- Review forecasts and monitor production vs. demand
- Raise purchase orders and support SAP-based processes
- Own lower-complexity accounts and maintain strong customer relationships
- Identify continuous improvement and volume growth opportunities
This role touches multiple areas of the business daily, ideal for someone who enjoys variety, pace and accountability.
About You
To thrive in this environment, you will bring:
- Experience within manufacturing, packaging or FMCG (desirable)
- SAP system experience (desirable)
- Exposure to project coordination or commercialisation activity
- Strong Excel capability and numerical confidence
- An understanding of cost control and operational constraints
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
- Confidence in customer-facing situations (virtual and in-person)
- A proactive, resilient mindset with enthusiasm for learning
- A full UK driving licence
This is not a clock-watching role. It suits someone who is naturally curious, proactive, driven and comfortable operating in 'organised chaos.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
You will gain hands-on experience delivering projects within a large-scale contract manufacturing environment; understanding how operational capability, commercial awareness and customer expectation align.
For someone looking to deepen their manufacturing exposure and strengthen their project management capability, this contract offers meaningful development and tangible outcomes.
If you are ready to step into a role where your contribution directly drives delivery and performance, we would welcome your application.
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