National Account Manager - Buying Groups and Key Accounts

National Account Manager - Buying Groups South of England (Ideally Oxfordshire) | Field-Based Are you an experienced National Account Manager who knows how to navigate buying groups, build trusted relationships, and deliver commercial growth? We're looking for a commercially driven professional to take ownership of key buying group accounts across the UK plumbing and merchant sector. This is a high-impact role where you'll influence account strategy, drive sales growth, and help strengthen our position within some of the country's most important independent merchant networks. What you'll be doing

• Manage and grow relationships with buying groups and key customer accounts.
• Deliver sales targets across volume, value, margin, and profitability.
• Identify new business opportunities across branded and own-label product ranges.
• Develop and execute promotional plans that drive sales and maximise ROI.
• Conduct regular business reviews, performance analysis, and joint growth planning.
• Work closely with customers, branches, and internal teams to unlock opportunities and deliver results.
• Manage budgets, promotions, pricing discussions, and commercial negotiations. What we're looking for
• Proven success in National Account Management, Key Account Management, or Business Development.
• Experience within plumbing, building products, merchant, or construction-related industries.
• Strong understanding of buying groups and independent merchant networks.
• Excellent relationship-building, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Commercially astute with the ability to analyse data and turn insights into action.
• Confident presenting to stakeholders and managing strategic customer relationships.
• Self-motivated, organised, and comfortable working autonomously in a field-based role. Why join us? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a respected industry leader and play a key role in driving growth across a nationally significant customer portfolio. You'll enjoy the autonomy to shape account strategies, build meaningful customer partnerships, and make a genuine commercial impact.