Commercial Manager

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Developing national accounts across grocery/wholesale channels
• Work with Head of Retail to develop joined up strategy.
• Pension
• Excellent Development Opportunities
• Free on-site parking
• Hybrid working

Commercial Manager role for an international food business, the company has an established dairy free brand that is in wide distribution both in domestic & export markets. You will currently be a National Account Manager or Commercial Manager with strong experience of working in food & drink with major grocery accounts.

About the Role:

• You’ll be responsible for developing joint business plans with your accounts to develop business growth.
• Work closely with all your internal key stakeholders in Marketing, Customer Marketing and Supply Chain to ensure the smooth running of your plans.
• You will have responsibility for your own budgets and P&L and will be constantly auditing your own performance against both company and personal targets.
• Responsibility for controlling budgets and your own promotional targets and to work towards the commercial plan with your team and mentors.
• Working with your buyers to achieve excellent customer working relationships and to maximise opportunities by creating cross-functional affinities between these stakeholders.
• Constantly looking for additional opportunities, being smart to ad-hoc promotions.
• Keeping up to date with implementation of agreed promotions and marketing.
• Primarily office based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. We would expect the candidate to live within a commutable distance (circa 50-mile radius).

  About You:

• You’ll be able to demonstrate strong commerciality and previous experience of working with buyers at a national level.
• Understanding of how joint business planning works alongside strong category management.
• Proven track record in achieving success in negotiations within your current business.
• Understand how brand marketing, category management and supply chain will all impact on your role.
• Be able to think strategically with strong planning and forecasting.
• Understanding managing your own budgets and P&L.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Commercially and analytically aware, able to make sound commercial decisions based on data evaluation. 
• Excel competence is a must with understanding of retail portal systems a bonus.
• As the role requires attendance of remote meetings the candidate must be a car owner with a full driving licence.
• There will also be a requirement to travel as and when required as there is an expectation that the portfolio of clients will include a mix of domestic & export accounts.

Closing date for applications is Friday 1st November 2024 - Strictly no agencies.