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About this Key Account Manager role at Weetabix

Weetabix · Onsite · Burton Latimer, England, United Kingdom

At Weetabix, we believe that diverse teams drive better ideas, stronger decisions, and a more inclusive workplace for everyone. We’re committed to building an organisation where people from all walks of life feel they belong—where different voices, experiences, and backgrounds are valued and respected.

Closing date: 28th July 2026
Interview process: Two Stage Interview Process
Working pattern: You’ll spend three days a week in the office, creating great opportunities to collaborate, strengthen team connections and build high‑impact working relationships face to face.

We’re happy to make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process—just let us know how we can support you.

Weetabix is on an exciting growth journey, and many of the opportunities we are recruiting for are newly created roles. These positions reflect our investment in people, capabilities and innovation as we continue to build for the future.

The Recipe (About the Role)

As Key Account Manager, you will drive sustainable growth across key customers, channels and formats by building strong partnerships and delivering customer-focused commercial strategies. Working closely with the National Account Manager, you will identify growth opportunities, use data and customer insight to inform judgements, and collaborate across the business to achieve sales, profitability and category needs. You will also leverage digital tools and forecasting capabilities to enhance performance and help long-term customer success.

  • Manage key customer accounts to deliver sales, revenue and profit targets while building strong, long-term partnerships.
  • Develop and execute customer plans, promotional activity and forecasts to drive sustainable growth and maximise ROI.
  • Use shopper, category and customer insights to identify opportunities and inform commercial judgement.
  • Collaborate across Sales, Category and Commercial teams to deliver customer-focused growth strategies.
  • Monitor performance, market trends and competitor activity to optimise results and uncover new opportunities.
  • Help the successful launch of new products and drive strong in-store execution across relevant channels.
  • Champion the use of data, forecasting tools and digital technologies to improve planning and performance.
  • Continuously improve ways of working, enhancing efficiency and creating value for customers and the business.

The Ingredients (What we need from you)

Key Know How:

  • Strong relationship‑building skills.
  • Ability to manage a varied workload and prioritise effectively.
  • Experience working with customers or helping key accounts in FMCG or similar pace sectors.
  • Strong presentation, communication and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to work on own initiative, be action‑oriented and deliver results.
  • High personal resilience and ability to stay composed under commercial pressure.
  • Desire and potential to progress into a future National Account Manager role.

Your Bowl of Perks (Benefits)

Competitive salary & Annual Flexible benefits

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, career, and life outside work.

  • Annual bonus
  • Double-matched pension scheme (up to 12% from us)
  • 25 days annual leave increasing with service
  • Annual Salary review
  • Healthcare plan
  • Discounted Weetabix products

To support our employees, we also offer:

  • Continued investment in your personal development
  • We believe in balance, whether it's for family, rest or simply time for you. As well as your holiday entitlement, you can purchase up to 5 days of additional annual leave
  • Access to 24/7 counselling service (via Grocery Aid partnership)
  • The freedom of Flexible Work Opportunities
  • Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave
  • Additional Time Off for Fertility Treatment and Neonatal Care
  • Working Parents Support Group
  • Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy

To learn more about life at Weetabix, visit our careers page: https://careers.weetabixfoodcompany.co.uk/


Please note: We benchmark roles based on your skills and experience, so we do not advertise fixed salary ranges.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position; therefore, we are seeking candidates who do not require sponsorship.

We utilise our Preferred Agency Supplier Partners as and when we require additional support

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About Weetabix

We are Weetabix. Home to the UK’s favourite breakfast cereal and muesli (Alpen), and a brilliant Drinks business.

Our purpose is to help people live better lives by providing better breakfasts.

We’re leading the cereal market with world class innovation, we win awards. And trophies. We created a whole new breakfast category with our Weetabix On the Go Drinks.

Oh.., we also make Weetabix Minis, Weetos, Oatibix, Ready Brek, Alpen bars, and more. Bet you didn’t know that before. You do now. With all of this, we win with our customers.

Home for us is in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside, we’re less than an hour from London and Birmingham. Agile working means we can be based anywhere and get the job done. We export to over 80 countries and we’ve got businesses in other locations around the globe too.

We’re ambitious. And it’s all because we give our people the freedom and support to make the big decisions. It’s what we call The Weetabix Difference, and it’ll make all the difference to your career.

A family owned business until 2003, Weetabix Food Company is now wholly owned by Post Holdings, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Post Holdings, Inc is a consumer packaged goods holding company operating in cereals, foodservice, food ingredient, private label, refrigerated and active nutrition food categories. Post Holdings, Inc is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: POST).

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