Senior National Account Manager - 12 Months FTC

Commercial Leader Role At General Mills UK

Great things are happening in the Europe and Australia (EUAU) region. Each day, our 2,500 plus colleagues bring their passion to our offices, manufacturing sites, R&D center, and commercial/distributor markets across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. We are energized by over 150 years of bringing people together with the food they love. With beloved brands Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Fibre One, Latina Fresh and more, we are on a mission to become the undisputed growth leader in food for EUAU. In a world that's ever-changing, we look to stay ahead and seek people who share our love of food and are hungry to shape the future.

As a key commercial leader within General Mills UK, you'll be the driving force behind our partnership with major retailers — shaping strategy, delivering growth, and championing the success of our iconic brands on shelf and online. Your mission is to build a high-impact customer relationship while delivering against our ambitious sales, share, and profit targets. This is a role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. You'll bring confidence, commercial sharpness, negotiation excellence, and a natural ability to influence — all while building deep customer intimacy and creating value for both General Mills and our retail partners.

Lead the creation and delivery of a market-leading annual sales plan. Elevate your customer's strategy across the organization and galvanize cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions that drive mutual growth. Manage one of our strategically important retail partners, strengthening collaboration and unlocking joint business opportunities. Use category and shopper insights to shape persuasive selling stories that win with customers and shoppers. Own P&L management for your account, ensuring profitable and sustainable growth. Act as a visible role model who shares insight, challenges thinking, and drives best practice across teams. Bring an entrepreneurial mindset — spotting opportunities, thinking creatively, and turning ideas into action.

You're a proven FMCG Business Account Manager with a track record of delivering results and building high-value customer relationships. You understand how to influence, negotiate, and shape strategy — and you bring the commercial acumen to turn insight into exceptional execution.

Work with heart - offers us flexibility that also requires partnership to ensure we regularly come together in person for those moments that help drive our business forward. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 2 days per week in the office with the opportunity to finish at 15:00 on Fridays. Wellbeing - we want our people to feel well and thrive, for this we offer free Headspace account for you and up to 5 friends or family members, ongoing activities, Employee Assistance Program and more. Bonus - our people are at the heart of what makes General Mills great, so when goals are reached, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme. Health & Dental Insurances – all colleagues get the opportunity to join our insurances from day one. Family & Carers Leave - every family is unique. Our approach allows every family to have the opportunity to spend quality time-off to support them from the point of birth or adoption to care, with enhanced covers. Enjoy other perks like enhanced pension contributions, subsidized canteen, access to both peer-to-peer recognition and discount platforms, 2 extra days for volunteering work, and more...

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.