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Commercial Development Manager / Successful Food Manufacturer / £40,000 - £47,000 + Package

Employer
DR Newitt
Location
East Midlands
Salary
£40,000 - £45,000 + Package
Closing date
20 Feb 2017

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Category Management, Finance, National Accounts, Sales

Job Details

My client is a highly successful branded and private-label ambient product manufacturer, seeking an experienced Customer Development Manager with a strong financial / economic background, that ideally has experience in the Food or Drink Industry. An ideal candidate will have strong frinancial experience as well as a commercial understanding in this somewhat 'hybrid' role; looking at budgets, margin, strategies, route to market, and finances; along with customer face-to-face exposure.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their career in a continuously expanding business. This is an office based position with infrequent travel to major retail customers.

The Role:

  • Work closely with Supply Chain / NPD and Commercial team
  • Supporting fundamental future business decisions
  • Assist in the production of business plans
  • Assisting with driving sales strategy
  • Business partner with the Chief Commercial Officer
  • Analyse high volumes of financial information in relation to costings / Sales reporting / Margin impact and category pricing and data
  • Report information to the Chief Commercial Officer and the Commercial team
  • Support the Marketing and NPD functions where required
  • Assess and review variances against Sales, Trade Marketing and Marketing budgets
  • Be a key member of the team in relation to Budgeting and forecasting for financial and supply chain requirements
  • The role requires a high level of responsibility
  •  A requirement to use Advanced Excel skills to slice and dice management information to provide new insights on the key drivers of the company
  • Building relationships and facilitating cross departmental projects
  • Managing one’s time to develop relationships with assigned clients
  • Investigate new business opportunities and talk to potential new customers
  • Develop relationships and nurture assigned customers
  • Use the companies support network to assist in optimising sales
  • Work closely with Supply Chain / Commercial team
  • Improve Company market position
  • Achieve financial growth
  • Define with the CCO long term Company goals
  • Builds key customer relationships
  • Identifies business opportunities

The Candidate:

  • Excellent communication, organisational and planning skills
  • Good negotiation and explanation skills
  • Relevant accounting / mathematics competency
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent PC skills, MS Office are essential in particular excel and PowerPoint
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Experience of working to tight deadlines and making own decisions to manage tasks
  • A good team player that is flexible to help with department and company needs
  • Willingness to question
  • Desire to always move forward both personally and professionally
  • Understanding of food manufacturing would be preferential

What’s On Offer:

£40,000 - £47,000 + package

If you are interested in this position then please forward a copy of your most up to date CV to alex@drnewitt.com or contact Alex Tye on 0161 833 0181.

Company

D R Newitt are Food, Drink and FMCG recruitment specialists providing permanent and interim recruitment services: 

We offer Headhunting, Search & Selection and Advertising services across the following disciplines:
•    Sales
•    Marketing and Category
•    Executive
•    Supply Chain / Buying
•    Technical / Quality
•    NPD / Process / Development Chefs
•    Operations / Manufacturing
•    Engineering
•    HR and Finance

To enquire about a specific role or to have a confidential discussion about your career path, call or email us:

  • Edinburgh Office 0131 226 5060 
  • Manchester Office 0161 833 0181

Register@drnewitt.com

Company info
Website
Telephone
0131 226 5060
Location
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom

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