Our client have a fantastic and exciting opportunity for a Senior Commercial Manager to join their Commercial team at their Yorkshire based Chilled Foods facility.
Reporting to the Head of Commercial, the successful candidate will be enthusiastic, highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
Taking full P&L accountability for several retail accounts across the chilled own label business, you will play a pivotal role is driving growth in key retail customers.
Key responsibilities will include:
* Day to day and strategic management of key Foodservice & B2B
* Negotiation and implementation of cost price increases, cost mitigation, joint business plans and promotional support in line with business strategy
* Secure new listings and distribution points to support business growth agenda – incremental product ranges along with value added NPD
* Develop collaborative customer relationships and drive joint business plans.
* Analyse market, category, and account data to gain insight to develop designated accounts and channel to create selling stories and competitive advantage.
* Working cross functional to deliver best in class availability and inbound service level
Candidates must be highly-motivated, a self-starter with good communication and interpersonal skills, robust commercial acumen with the ability to maintain a collaborative, cross functional network to maximise the performance of the business area and unlock new business opportunities.
The ideal candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and ideally have 3-5 years’ experience in Food/FMCG Industry and be highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.
Please get in touch for more information about this exciting opportunity or apply today with your CV