Trading Director / Fresh Foods / South East / Attractive package.
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- South East England
- Salary
- Attractive basic salary + package.
- Closing date
- 27 Nov 2014
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Buying, Category Management, National Accounts, Sales, Supply Chain & Logistics
Job Details
Our client is a successful food business. One of the leaders in their product category. They supply an exciting range of high quality fresh food products to the major retailers.
The business is growing and expanding due to recent success.
The Role
Trading Director – Working with both suppliers and focussing on an established major retail customer.
- Provide market updates and negotiating weekly programmes with the major retail buyer.
- Management of offers/programmes providing estimated availabilities to the major retail customer and ensuring the growth of the account.
- Coordinate quarterly reviews providing updated positions on service levels, market share and quality performance.
- General management of all UK suppliers providing general order and packaging direction.
- Provide actual/estimated customer sales and attend the daily internal meeting to provide a current trading position i.e. supply v demand.
- Liaison with the customer buyer daily on forecasts and any category issues, apply amendments to customer orders across category.
- Monitor customer category service level.
- Attendance of Monday marketing meeting and provide an account update by product.
- Promotional and demand planning with the major retail buyer.
The Candidate
- Proven track record in commercial.
- Ideally fresh foods sector experience.
- Ideally both account management and supplier relationship skills.
What's on Offer
- Attractive basic salary and package.
- Office based in South East England.
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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