Commercial Manager – Grocery/Off trade

Commercial Manager – Grocery/Off trade

Excellent salary + 20% bonus + plus car allowance + benefits

Highly flexible home based – Midlands or Southern

Essential Drinks is the UK arm of international spirits group Quintessential brands renowned  for its portfolio of leading brands including Greenalls, Opihr, Bloom and Berkeley Square gins as well as a host of exciting new and niche brands.

With a range of product awards under its belt, significant investment in UK manufacturing and warehousing infrastucture together with marketing and brand development, Essential Drinks is a company focused on significant future growth. To help achieve this they are now looking to recruit an outstanding commercial manager.

Reporting to the newly appointed and highly experienced sales director, your role will be to take P+L responsibility for a range of leading Grocery Multiple and Impulse accounts to grow both volume and profits for a range of branded and own-label spirits and seek out new business opportunities for these – a chance to really make a difference.

You’ll need good negotiation, communication and presentation skills allied to a well-developed cross-functional team-playing approach and a good grasp of developing and implementing Joint Business Plans with real care and creative flair.

We’re looking for a graduate calibre individual with a track record of commercial results delivery working at NAM level in either food and/or drink with both brand and own-label experience gained in either a Grocery Multiple or Impulse environment. Strong interpersonal skills, category and customer marketing experience and good all-round commercial awareness, are essential.

This is a great opportunity to play a key role in a well-resourced and growth-focused international company with tremendous opportunities for future career development.

If you think you have the courage, ambition and conviction to win in this role, then please send your CV together with details of your current salary package to mark@smithcarey.co.uk  and quoting  reference number MS/1655.

Closing date for applications: 30th January, 2015