Commercial Manager
Lacock, Wiltshire
£60,000 - £70,000
Permanent
Our client is looking for a Commercial Manager to join their innovation centre at their facility based in Lacock. They will be responsible for developing relations with the UK’s largest distributors.
Key Responsibilities – Commercial Manager
* Deliver to a customer centric experience against the Chilled Egg strategy, working alongside a range of major UK supermarket retailers and Foodservice with both branded and own-brand products.
* Identify UK Food Service Distributors, develop commercial plans to win and grow these accounts, meeting budgeted growth and profitability.
* Building customer and internal relationships to achieve common goals.
* Delivering profitable growth for the account(s) over a sustained period.
* Accountable for ensuring commercial negotiations are aligned to strategic objectives.
* Balance the customer requirements with those of the business to ensure both parties are maximising the relationship, including planning and coordinating price increases within the customer.
* Provide sales forecasts and input into demand plans.
* Driving visibility and accessibility of Stonegate products within assigned accounts.
Qualifications & Requirements – Commercial Manager
* A confident leader with excellent leadership skills.
* Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
* Ability to influence internal stakeholders in order to achieve common goals.
* High commercial acumen and numerical ability to facilitate effective decision making.
* Proactive management.
* Excellent organisation, presentation and project management skills.
* Strong stakeholder relationship skills.
* Extensive, dedicated commercial experience within own label and branded food manufacturing.
* Knowledge of working with foodservice outlets such as restaurants & cafes.
* Experience of customer visits, audits and food quality audits such as BRC.
* In-depth knowledge of negotiation strategies and risk/value analysis.
* Excellent understanding of policies and business processes on negotiating deals.
* Significant and demonstrable experience of negotiating with customers.
* 2 years’ experience in a similar role.
What we can offer – Commercial Manager
* Company Pension.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Free parking.
* On site gym.
* Referral programme.
* Canteen.
For more information on this role, please contact Zoey Bunn or send a copy of your CV to [contact information].
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