Commercial Director
- Employer
- The Fairtrade Foundation
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £62,659
- Closing date
- 15 Aug 2014
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Commercial Director
London
£62,659
The Fairtrade Foundation works with communities, businesses and individuals to tackle global poverty and injustice through transforming trading structures and practices. We are the UK’s leading voice on Fairtrade issues, an independent beyond profit organisation that uses the FAIRTRADE Mark to promote sustainable development and bring about real, structural change.
We are passionate, ambitious, with an increasingly high profile and a growing reputation for the impact of our work. If you share our values and would like to be part of our future success, join us in our mission to create a fairer world.
We have achieved much in the past 20 years, with the Fairtrade Mark now recognised by 78% of people, and sales of over 4,500 Fairtrade marked products in the UK totalling £1.5 billion in 2012 and more than £1.7 billion in 2013. There has been a significant shift in consumer attitudes and many companies have changed their practices in response, but we still have much more to do and we now seek a new Commercial Director to play a leading role in shaping and delivering our ambitious plans and securing our future success.
Commercial Director
London
£62,659
As our Commercial Director you will be responsible for leading a large talented and dedicated Commercial team and driving sales of Fairtrade certified products to deliver life changing producer impact. This will be achieved by building even greater public support and creating innovative strategies to link companies and producers.
If you have executive level experience from the world of retail and/or FMCG, and good understanding of complex supply chains, we would like to hear from you. You must possess the authority, empathy and negotiating skills to persuade Board level executives operating with the highest commercial standards to change business practices to deliver more value for producers. To be our Commercial Director, you will also be able to contribute corporately as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, and have excellent people management and communication skills.
To learn more about this exciting and unique opportunity and to apply please click the 'Apply Now' button below
For a confidential conversation, please contact our retained advisors Borge Andreassen or Karen Hope at Prospectus on telephone 0207 691 1920 or e-mail borge.andreassen@prospect-us.co.uk or karen.hope@prospect-us.co.uk
Closing date: 19 August 2014
Preliminary interviews with Prospectus: 26-29 August 2014
Panel interviews with Fairtrade Foundation: 22 September 2014
Final interviews with Fairtrade Foundation: 30 September 2014
The Foundation promotes diversity in all its activities, and welcomes applications from all communities.
Company
The Fairtrade Foundation is a passionate and ambitious global development organisation committed to tackling poverty and injustice through trade. We are best known as the independent, not-for-profit body behind the FAIRTRADE Mark, a product label assuring consumers that their purchase helps disadvantaged farmers and workers in developing countries secure a better deal.
- Website
- http://www.fairtrade.org.uk
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