Commercial Strategy & Planning Executive

Job Title:Commercial Strategy & Planning Executive
Location: Heathrow/West London
Package: c.£35,000 basic + 10% Bonus + £5,000 Car Allowance & Excellent Benefits Package


Our client, a global natural beverages company with instantly recognised and beloved brands, is transitioning to a new commercial operating model, and consequently they are looking to add a highly capable and enthusiastic individual to their Commercial team. They are a business built on core values of product excellence, strong consumer focus and hiring and developing talent.

As the business transitions there is a requirement to ensure that new tools, controls and processes are applied to all UK Commercial trade and promotional activity. Central to this opportunity is the management of the Convenience & Impulse, Wholesale, Discounters and Out Of Home Sectors – c.35% of the total GB promotional and trade spend. You will work alongside the National Accounts team in this sector, evaluating processes and activity, recommending strategic and directional change and ultimately be the “guardian” of promotional sign off.

• Do you have the ability to be individually excellent, yet collectively brilliant?
• Do you have it in you to be disruptively challenging?
• Are you energetic and passionate about the consumer?

This is an outstanding opportunity to spread your commercial wings and take on a brand new challenge in your career. You will already be from a commercially facing role (Sales, Planning, MS&P, Category or Customer Management) and be looking for that next step to broaden your career diversity. You will have energy and passion for delivering real change in a business and be comfortable challenging the norm and invigorating those around you – they want change and innovation – they AREN’T about “doing the things we’ve always done before”. Graduate educated, highly numerate and analytical with a strong grasp of Excel, you will be able to influence up and down in an organisation and be comfortable driving your own recommendations backed up with credible and well analysed evidence.

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