Commercial Executive - fast track your career by gaining exposure to sales, category and innovation

The business we represent has one of the best reputations in the UK food industry for developing talent through investment in training and succession planning.

As a substantial business with strong presence across multiple categories, they impact across all customer channels and ultimately us as every day consumers in a major way.

Their brands, with a strong focus around fresh, health driven, ‘on-the-go’ offerings are well aligned with the ever increasing demands of todays more savvy consumers.

The business is looking to identify hungry and career-focussed talent keen to develop a career in National Account Management and / or Category Management, whilst working for one of the countries leading food manufacturers.

As a Commercial Executive you will be fast-tracked through the business whilst providing day-to-day support for the grocery national account management team.  You will be exposed to and work closely with all commercial functions within the business - from sales and category management, to brand marketing and new product development – to help you quickly gain experience and knowledge of how these different functions work alongside each other.

Whilst learning your trade and supporting the above functions on a daily basis, the business will heavily invest in internal and external training and development initiatives to help you quickly develop your skill set further.

After approximately 18 months in this role, you will be ready to advance your career to the next level with several new paths across the above different commercial functions open to you.

With a strong record of succession planning supported by numerous industry awards recognising our client as a leading employer of choice, this is a great opportunity to swiftly develop your career and get ahead of the competition.

We expect high levels of interest in this role, so those of graduate calibre able to demonstrate strong analytical ability and 12 months+ experience working in a retail / FMCG environment will be considered as strong applicants for the role.

So if you have the hunger and drive to develop your career in commercial channels, coupled with an interest / passion for the UK food and beverage industry, please submit your current CV and supporting cover letter via the details provided.