Job Description

Muller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Muller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Muller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Muller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Muller UK & Ireland includes:


Muller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain's private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.


Muller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Muller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Muller Corner, Mullerlight, Muller Bliss, Muller Rice, FRijj and Muller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

Account Project Executive

12 month FTC

Telford (Hybrid - 3 days per week in office)

A unique opportunity has arisen to join the Muller Yogurt & Desserts Commercial team on a

12 month fixed term contract

as

Account Project Executive

within the Private Label team.

Job Purpose:

As Account Project Executive, you will report into the Senior National Account Manager and have a supporting role for delivery of the Muller Private Label P&L within one of our top strategic customers through the execution of key projects. You will apply your experience and organisational skills to enable the team to achieve ambitious targets, ensuring all projects are delivered successfully.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management;

+ Leading the internal management and delivery of business as usual projects - rebrands/redesigns, recipe renovation, etc. Engaging and influencing stakeholders, escalating any issues and liaising with the customer to ensure seamless execution
+ Supporting the project management for new product launches into market
+ Ensuring all internal and customer admin is completed in a timely and accurate manner

Customer Management;

+ Being reactive to ad hoc customer requests e.g. cases, samples, escalating customer complaints etc.
+ Collaborative working on project delivery and guiding customer expectations

Stakeholder Management;

+ Aligning internal functions behind project workstream
+ Clear communication of delays/set-backs and problem solving

Key Skills and Experience:

Proven experience of project delivery and customer management Confident managing critical paths to deliver projects on time Comfortable working cross-functionally and able to influence to deliver against key milestones Knowledge of project gate management processes through monthly business cycles preferred but not essential

Other Skills:

Collaboration skills Numerate, analytical, PC skills Managing conflict Managing multiple projects High agility to manage a fast pace of change and deal with ambiguity Resilience and ability to work under pressure Organised with high attention to detail Confident to make recommendations

Contact Details:
F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Muller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ