Commercial Executive / Foods / Midlands / £20-25k + package.
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- Midlands.
- Salary
- £20-25k + package.
- Closing date
- 25 Sep 2014
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Buying, Category Management, Marketing, National Accounts, Sales, Supply Chain & Logistics
Job Details
Our client is a successful food manufacturer. Very much a leader in their category. The business has a fantastic reputation in the industry for quality of service and their exciting product range. They supply the major retailers with some of the UK’s most loved foods.
The Role
The Commercial Executive will liaise with major retail customers and provide relevant information and support to ensure all commercial activity is communicated to relevant functions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Building and maintaining the relationship with the customer
- Maintenance of up to date market information
- Analyse internal and external sales data and present findings to Sales Director, including relevant trends
- Manage promotional activity by owning the forecast delivery and the pre and post evaluation of promotions and recommending any improvements to deliver better return on future promotional investment.
- Assisting the sales director in delivering additional sales and volume growth.
- To have a comprehensive working knowledge of pricing parameters for all product ranges and varieties, including competitors products.
- To liaise with customer facing teams with the day to day management of the account.
- Provide advice on pricing of all product ranges.
- Ensure full and accurate implementation of pricing systems.
- Negotiate prices, volumes and values with customer. Ensure cost prices are entered on system; provide written confirmation of agreed prices to customers and resolve cost price queries.
- Manage launch activity by owning forecast volume delivery and post launch evaluation.
- Assist in delivering value optimisation projects
- Responsible for updating the Activity Matrix and presenting at weekly planning meeting
Utilise Tesco Link data and present / circulate internally as appropriate.
The Candidate
- Ideally a food or fmcg commercial background.
- Communication skills – ability to communicate at all levels both verbally and in writing.
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with logical thinking skills.
- Ideally degree educated.
What's on Offer
- £20-25k + benefits.
- Fantastic career progression options is a fast growing innovative business.
Office based in the Midlands.
If you are interested in this position then please forward a copy of your most up to date CV to greg@drnewitt.com or contact Greg Carroll on 0131 226 5060.
Company
D R Newitt are Food, Drink and FMCG recruitment specialists providing permanent and interim recruitment services:
We offer Headhunting, Search & Selection and Advertising services across the following disciplines:
• Sales
• Marketing and Category
• Executive
• Supply Chain / Buying
• Technical / Quality
• NPD / Process / Development Chefs
• Operations / Manufacturing
• Engineering
• HR and Finance
To enquire about a specific role or to have a confidential discussion about your career path, call or email us:
- Edinburgh Office 0131 226 5060
- Manchester Office 0161 833 0181
- Website
- http://www.drnewitt.com/
- Telephone
- 0131 226 5060
- Location
-
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom
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