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Account Manager

Account Manager

20 / 01 / 2026

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Account Manager / Sales

Description

About the Company
  
Paramount Services is a leading New Zealand integrated facilities services provider, operating through an award-winning franchise model with a strong focus on customer service and quality assurance.
  
With a robust delivery structure and proven systems, Paramount sets itself apart as an industry leader. Their services are trusted by large private and public sector organisations across New Zealand, supporting commercial cleaning and facility services nationwide.
  
About the Role
  
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Account Manager to take full ownership of a diverse client portfolio across Auckland CBD and the North Shore.
  
The primary focus of the role is to retain, protect, and grow revenue while building strong, long-term client relationships. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will deliver proactive solutions and ensure excellent customer outcomes across your portfolio.
  
Key Responsibilities 

  • Manage a portfolio of Auckland-based accounts across the CBD and North Shore, focused on professional services, banking, education, and other key sectors
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor across your customer base
  • Respond promptly to client needs with urgency, composure, and a solutions-focused mindset
  • Drive portfolio growth by closing assigned leads and securing additional sites through upselling
  • Conduct regular site visits, quality audits, client meetings, and internal stakeholder meetings
  • Deliver quarterly reporting and presentations to key accounts
  • Ensure service delivery meets required standards by identifying and addressing quality issues, with a focus on continuous improvement

 About You

  • Culture Fit: Warm, approachable, and positive, with a strong people-first mindset. You build genuine relationships, lead with empathy, and can be firm and direct when required. You value teamwork and contribute positively to company culture.
  • Team Player & Collaboration: Highly collaborative and aligned with wider business goals. You work closely with internal teams, share knowledge, and prioritise collective success over individual wins.
  • Account Management Experience: Proven mid-level account management experience with strong attention to detail. Experience managing similar customer segments or within a comparable industry is essential.
  • Problem Solving & Organisation: Highly organised, methodical, and proactive. You plan ahead, manage competing priorities effectively, and approach challenges with a structured, solutions-driven mindset.

Culture
  
You’ll be joining a passionate, experienced, and hardworking team that takes pride in delivering reliable, consistent services. The culture is compassionate, people-focused, and genuinely supportive, with a strong sense of belonging and care for both clients and colleagues.
  
Apply Now
  
Ready to take the next step and elevate your account management career?
  
Apply now or get in touch with Jessica Walker on 021 244 6405 or jessicaw@huntercampbell.co.nz for a confidential discussion.

  • Join Paramount, an award-winning NZ Integrated Facility Services company.
  • Well Established Portfolio Covering Auckland CBD & Northshore
  • Flexible work, supportive team and great culture.
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Assistant Account Manager

14 / 01 / 2026

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Account Manager / Sales

Description

About the Role:

This is a hands-on Assistant Account Manager role supporting a high-performing FMCG commercial team across Foodstuffs North & South Island, Woolworths NZ and Pharmacy accounts.
You’ll work closely with senior commercial leaders to support forecasting, promotions, category analysis and day-to-day account activity. This role supports the sales function and plays a critical role in execution, accuracy and pace across a busy customer portfolio.
It’s ideal for an up-and-coming FMCG professional looking to deepen exposure to major grocery and pharmacy customers while building strong commercial foundations.
 
Key Responsibilities:

  • Support senior business managers across major grocery and pharmacy channels, including Foodstuffs NI & SI, Woolworths NZ and Pharmacy partners.
  • Coordinate and submit head office promotions through retailer portals, maintaining promotional calendars, deal sheets and product master data.
  • Support accurate forecasting at SKU and promotional group level in partnership with demand planning, including order cycle monitoring and S&OP involvement.
  • Assist with promotional activation, field communication and post-campaign analysis.
  • Maintain weekly and monthly performance trackers, including distribution, scan costs and trade spend.
  • Assist with trade presentations, category reviews and field team materials.
  • Assist with new line administration, sample coordination and customer category meetings.
  • Act as a secondary super user for forecasting and syndicated data systems.
  • Support ad-hoc projects and participate in quarterly and bi-annual team meetings.

About You:

  • 4 + years’ experience in FMCG sales, category or commercial roles.
  • Strong exposure to promotional planning, forecasting and customer support.
  • Comfortable working hands-on across multiple accounts with pace and accuracy.
  • Experience using scan data and category insights.
  • Strong Excel and PowerPoint capability.
  • Commercially curious, well-organised and detail-focused.
  • Confident communicator who builds strong internal and external relationships.
  • Enjoys being in the detail while learning from senior leaders.

 
Why This Role:

  • Broad exposure across Foodstuffs, Woolworths and Pharmacy.
  • Work closely with experienced National Business Managers.
  • Strong development pathway for future Key Account roles.
  • Hands-on, commercial role with real impact.
  • Supportive team environment with growing analytical capability.

 
If you’re an FMCG customer professional looking to step into a fast-paced, hands-on role in 2026, we’d love to hear from you. For a confidential chat, please contact Callum Henry at callumh@huntercampbell.co.nz.

  • Support and execute account management across major customers.
  • Build experience with trade analysis, reporting, and key customer communications
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and learn from senior account leaders.
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National Account Manager

05 / 01 / 2026

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Account Manager / Sales

Description

About the company:
  
Join a large multinational business with market leading consumables across varied categories.  Great opportunity to represent strong legacy brands and be part of a close knit hard working team at their head office in Penrose.  
  
About the role:

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven National Account Manager to join the NZ sales team.  Reporting into the Head of NZ Sales, this pivotal role is responsible for developing and implementing strategies that deliver sustained, profitable growth within two large national key accounts. You will manage high-level relationships with buyers at big box retailers, ensuring commercial targets are achieved.
  
Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and execution of joint business plans for national accounts to achieve sales, volume, and profit targets.
  • Build and maintain strong, productive relationships with key customers, ensuring mutual value creation.
  • Oversee account-specific marketing and promotional strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Deliver financial objectives, including sales budgets, margin targets, and supply chain metrics.
  • Provide leadership and coaching to the sales team, ensuring high engagement and accountability.
  • Utilize data-driven insights for category management, pricing strategies, and business growth opportunities.
  • Manage annual trading terms and lead key business negotiations.
  • Collaborate across departments, including supply chain, marketing, finance, and customer service, to meet customer needs.  

Key Attributes and Skills:

  • 10+ years of progressive sales experience with a strong track record in key account management of retailers.
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, with an ability to connect customer needs to business strategies.
  • Experience managing franchised cooperative retailers would be beneficial to achieve head office and in-store outcomes.
  • Excellent negotiation, communication, and relationship management skills.
  • Proven strategic thinker with a focus on delivering commercial outcomes.
  • High level of proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Commerce, Marketing, Finance, or a related field.  

What’s in it for you:

  • Opportunity to be part of a high potential and supportive team.
  • Competitive remuneration package with performance incentives.
  • Career development opportunities within a dynamic and growing organization.
  • Flexible working environment with a focus on employee well-being.  

If you are a commercially focused professional with strong NAM/KAM experience either in FMCG looking after Foodstuffs or other big box retailers this could be a great role for you.  Please submit your CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to sindyw@huntercampbell.co.nz.

  • Manage two large key retail accounts to extract mutually benefical outcomes
  • Data driven role with opportunity for market share and growth
  • Penrose location; stable supportive team; flexibility
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