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COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

Employer
Hyperama Plc
Location
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Salary
Competitive salary & benefits
Closing date
4 Mar 2015

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing, Sales

COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

Background

Hyperama Wholesale is a well-established, multi award winning ambitious FMCG company and a major player in the wholesale market with 4 sites across the Midlands.  Due to continuing company growth a newly created role of Commercial Director is needed at Head Office, Nottingham.

The role

The Commercial Director will assume overall responsibility for the Sales team, the Purchasing team and all Marketing functions.

The key focus will be to create a sales and marketing strategy for prospective customers, lapsed/declining customers and to develop sales with our existing core client base.

To enhance the company’s profitability by influencing the sales mix, increasing sales (both delivered and collect sales), negotiating improved terms and better cost prices and reviewing our selling prices against the competitor set.

Essential skills

  • This is a senior, director level role and as such the candidate will have a deep understanding and trading experience preferably in the retail or wholesale sector.
  • Likely to have 10+ years’ experience including at least 5 years’ at a senior level in either a Foodservice or Wholesale environment
  • Ability to multi-task, combining strategy and execution whilst consistently displaying inspiring leadership qualities.
  • Commercially astute and customer focused
  • Ability to prioritise, demonstrating first class organisational and time management skills
  • Tenacious and results driven with sound business judgement
  • Passionate about achieving high levels of excellence
  • Proven strategic aptitude and ability
  • Confidence working as part of a team and independently
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Proficient in all Microsoft packages

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