At Valeo Foods UK we bring together a family of much-loved UK food brands supported by the scale and ambition of a global investment partner. From Kettle’s bold crunch to Rowse’s natural sweetness, through to Matthew Walker and Barratt Sweets, our portfolio blends heritage, craft and category-leading innovation.
Alongside our branded portfolio, we are also one of the UK’s largest suppliers of private label products, partnering with major retailers to deliver quality and category expertise that meets the needs of millions of households every week.
As a business, we’re on a journey of transformation. We’re strengthening our operations, driving quality and investing in our people. It’s an exciting, fast-moving environment where heritage meets new thinking, and where every colleague contributes to shaping the future of food across the UK.
Join us and play your part in building the next chapter of some of Britain’s most loved brands.
Job DescriptionWe’re not just offering you a job – we’re inviting you to help shape the future of our business.
At Valeo Foods UK, we’re home to some of the nation’s most loved food brand, and now, we’re looking for a National Account Executive, Food Service to join our Commercial team.
This isn’t your typical account role. You’ll be at the heart of our biggest business unit, supporting the evolution of how we think about products, customers, and consumers. This is a real opportunity to influence how we grow – building new ways of working, strengthening relationships, and driving commercial success.
You’ll work closely with our Senior and National Account Managers to grow and manage key customer relationships. It’s about much more than numbers, you’ll be driving our brands forward within foodservice channels, helping to ensure our products are seen, selected, and loved by more people, in more places.
Your day-to-day will involve everything from collaborating with Marketing and Category teams on channel strategies, to working across functions like R&D and Operations to bring brilliant products to life. You'll get stuck into forecasting, planning, and supporting high-impact campaigns – all while sharpening your commercial skillset in a fast-paced, supportive environment.
Qualifications
This is a role for someone who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves, ask the right questions, and make things happen. You’ll be encouraged to learn, grow, and develop your own approach, with the backing of a team that truly believes in collaboration and progress.
- Understands customer needs and links the benefits of the company’s proposal to meet those needs
- Identifies and qualifies the variables and possibilities for the negotiations
- Adopts a learning approach to development
- Has a basic operational understanding of customer, channel and market
- Demonstrates a good understanding of the key POP initiatives that affect Valeo presence with the customer / consumer
- Delivery of forecasting accuracy within agreed MADB and financial commitment
- Top line growth ahead of market, as measured by MS%
- Execution of distribution and display objectives consistent with budget and annual plan
In return, we offer you more than just a competitive package (though we’ve got that too – including a matched pension scheme, staff discounts, cycle-to-work, and more). We offer real career development, a place where your ideas matter, and the chance to be part of something exciting as we continue to grow our brands and our business.
Skills Required
- Understand customer needs and link company proposals to those needs
- Identify and qualify variables and possibilities for negotiations
- Adopt a learning approach to development
- Basic operational understanding of customer, channel and market
- Good understanding of key POP initiatives affecting presence with customer/consumer
- Deliver forecasting accuracy within agreed MADB and financial commitment
- Achieve top-line growth ahead of market as measured by market share
- Execute distribution and display objectives consistent with budget and annual plan
What We Do
We are a leading producer and innovator of high quality, category-defining branded food products that have a proud history that dates back to 1845. At Valeo Foods, we are passionate about food and our portfolio of over 20 iconic food brands, which includes Jacobs, Batchelors, Kettle, Rowse Honey, Balconi, Schluckwerder, are tried and trusted by consumers across Ireland, UK and Europe for their quality, wholesomeness, nutrition and fun. We are a diverse business that combines food production, brand development and innovation, distribution and sales. We are Ireland’s largest ambient food supplier to the grocery trade, a major supplier to the food service market through Valeo Professional, and an increasingly prominent supplier to the UK market and a range of European Markets now. We are focused on the continued development of our excellent portfolio of category defining food brands as we look to expand our footprint across Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond with our latest acquisition in North America. We are committed to delivering quality food products through continued innovation and excellence in manufacturing. This commitment ensures that our brands retain a market leading position in each of their respective categories. We continue to recruit people with the best skills and expertise across a range of areas including manufacturing, food science, research and development, nutrition, distribution, sales, operations, marketing, human resources and finance, and aspire to be a best in class employer, focused on developing and empowering our people.
