Company Information

Greencore Group is a leading international manufacturer of convenience foods. Our ambition doesn't stop at being the world's largest sandwich producer, we're looking for passionate, talented people who can help us to drive our future success. People who innovate, create, lead and inspire. We set the bar high, and expect that our people do too. Greencore Food to Go Northampton is undergoing unprecedented growth with over £30 Million invested in our site. The end result is that we have recently opened our 4th unit and are in the process of building our 5th, which is due to open in early 2017. Greencore always look to put people at the core, and at Northampton our Learning and Development team have delivered well over 30,000 hours of training in the past year alone. We offer a clear and well defined career path and will actively look at how we can enable our colleagues to push themselves forward.

The Role

We are currently looking for a Senior Business Manager to be responsible for the management, motivation and development of the trading partnership between Greencore and the specified customer base(s) whilst developing and delivering sustained profitable growth.

Key Accountabilities

As a Senior Business Manager you will be responsible to continuously "makes things happen" by using trends and insight to maximise sales value and profitability through a business plan approach. You will identify and develop, in line with customer requirements, new business opportunities within the division and maximise the benefits for both parties through the development, negotiation and delivery of joint business plans. You will also establish, develop and maintain close working long term relationship with key customers, building market and competitor knowledge to identify and proactively satisfy customer requirements; develop and act on potential new business opportunities. You will work closely with PD team to develop new product ranges and refresh current product portfolio in line with customer requirements and proactively challenge the business way of working to help develop and drive positive change throughout the business and within the customer partnership.

Skills & Experience

You will need to have a broad knowledge of the convenience food market, division management experience and previous Account Management experience. Experience working on FMCG organisations is also required.