Account Executive

Job: Account Executive

Location: Leeds Broadgate

Account: Sainsburys

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What you'll be doing

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Account Executive to join our Greencore Sales Team, playing a key role in supporting and developing our Sainsbury's account.

If you're eager to grow in account management and want to make a real impact within a leading food distribution business, this role is for you.

You will play a key role in supporting our National Account Managers, ensuring our valued customers receive the highest level of service while working closely with teams across the business.

Your day to day responsibilities will include:

Manage all day to day customer

requirements to include research on the shopper journey, product sampling and benchmarking sessions

Identify key insights on our product range and actions internally with the category and NPD teams and with the customer

As directed by the National Account Manager,

you will be involved in the promotional process of our products and activity

Provides category analysis to support the customer innovation and category process

Validation and checking of sets of data to ensure business information is aligned (e.g. - Sales forecast)

Own and deliver a schedule of reporting to capture all business

requirements

Maintain database of knowledge and data relating to our customerWhat we're looking for

Ideally educated to degree level with a specialism in a Food/nutrition Science, have entered via an apprentice route or has equivalent work experience in a similar role/environment

Has some experience / knowledge of food and the food environment

Demonstrates analytical skills and is fully numerate

Has good communication skills

Full UK driving licenseWe're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

What You'll Get in Return

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

Holidays

Competitive matched pension contributions

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Enhanced parental leave and menopause policiesAt Greencore, we value individuality and believe our diverse teams are key to our success. You'll be supported with continuous development opportunities and the chance to grow your career within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

We reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the specified closing date