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Business Unit Controller

Employer
Ashwood Executive Search International
Location
South East, Midlands or North West (home based)
Salary
£75,000 - £85,000 + 40% bonus + Car + Shares
Closing date
4 Aug 2015

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Finance, Other Job Function, Sales, Supply Chain & Logistics

Job Details

One of the UK’s leading FMCG manufacturers, our client has a product portfolio that includes a whole host of iconic brands and enjoys retail sales in excess of £1bn. Right now they are looking for a commercially aware Business Unit Controller to shape a strategy, plan and budget that will deliver their corporate objectives and develop critical relationships with a Top 4 grocery retailer.

As Business Unit Controller you’ll use your considerable commercial awareness, creative thinking and working knowledge of retailer requirements to develop an annual account plan. This will include negotiating and agreeing joint business plans with a wide range of national retailers. Key aspects of the BUC role will see you: 

Presenting account plans in a way that builds and motivates a high performing sales team:

  • Establishing  and developing exceptional trade relationships
  • Delivering budgeted sales, spend and profit measures as well as accurate financial reports and forecasts
  • Working with supply chain, factory forecasting and finance teams to ensure rigorous year end forecasts. 

To deliver success in this high profile, you’ll need to demonstrate:

  • Strong leadership and a collaborative team oriented approach
  • Proven success of managing a Top 4 grocery retailer within a Blue Chip company
  • The ability to work effectively cross functionally at all levels
  • Excellent negotiation and communication skills
  • Experience of financial reporting and forecasting
  • Preferably some experience in the food/drinks industry.

This is quite simply an excellent opportunity to make your mark in a role that embraces everything from motivating a team to improving profitability and managing internal systems. In short, your flair for devising strategies and plans and building winning relationships with everyone you deal with will get every chance to shine.

Interested? Then email your CV to our consultants at Ashwood, quoting reference number: 1966, or call +44 (0) 1344 741092.

Company

At Ashwood Executive Search International we specialise in recruiting globally, from middle management positions to £six-figure executive assignments. Working primarily with FMCG organisations our clients range from high profile blue-chip companies to smaller niche and developing businesses. Our aim is to be viewed by clients as a world-class provider of the most talented people, while providing candidates with the very best advice, mentoring and coaching services to further their careers.

We have established an outstanding track-record providing Sales, Marketing, Category, Consumer Innovation, Technical, Manufacturing, HR and Supply Chain professionals. With a reputation for achieving excellent results, both for our clients and candidates, we strongly believe we can help you with your requirements. If you are a candidate this means we will work with you to find the ideal role to match your talents and aspirations. If you are a business it means we will apply our expertise and knowledge to source the most talented and culturally relevant people for your organisation.

Ashwood continues to grow and develop as we apply our unique methods and style of resourcing. With UK teams in Bracknell and London and operations in New York and Johannesburg, we provide clients with extensive worldwide coverage that is designed to deliver the top talent for their business.

Charity Partnership - Ashwood Executive Search International​ and Farm Africa 

Ashwood Executive Search International are pleased to announce that we will be extending our support of the charity Farm Africa for another year.

Our world is one of global connections and as a key player in the food industry, Ashwood is determined to play our part in ending one of the biggest challenges facing the world today; hunger. We are outraged that 1 in 8 people go to bed hungry every night and are determined to help create a different future for these 1 billion people.

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 (0) 1344 206262
Location
Index House
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7ET
GB

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