Group Sales & Marketing Manager / Great Food Manufacturer / East Midlands
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- East Midlands Region
- Salary
- Attractive Basic + Great Package (negotiable based on experience)
- Closing date
- 6 Mar 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing, National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
My client is a highly successful food manufacturer, seeking an experienced and ambitious Group Sales & Marketing Manager from the food or drink industry. An ideal candidate will have experience supplying major mults within the UK, managing the Sales Team, Marketing Department, NPD Department, and be a capable man manager. This client supplies major retailers in the UK with an excellent product range and also exports across Europe too.
This is a fast passed business continually growing and are seeking this position due to company growth.
The Role:
- As part of the Senior Management Team you will be responsible for managing Sales, Marketing & NPD
- Achieve sales budgets set and agreed with the CEO
- Agree pricing and volumes with customer to ensure continued growth
- Lead sales strategy which will be implemented in conjunction with other departments
- Analyse and develop existing accounts
- Regular visits to key customer decision makers and builds strong commercial relationships with our customers
- Sales analysis and reporting
- Actively participate in new product development projects
- Manage, develop and support the NPD team and accountable for overall product development
- Working closely with the NPD Manager on development of all new and innovative products from concept through to launch
- Managing all marketing for the company and activities within the marketing department
- Developing the marketing strategy for the company in line with company objectives
- Co-ordinating marketing campaigns with sales activities and strategy in line with Company objectives
The candidate:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience managing major (top 4) UK Grocery Retailers
- Minimum 4 years man management experience
- Graduate or equivalent
- Prior, proven and measurable sales success
- Sound working knowledge of business operations including Operations, Logistics, Technical, Quality Assurance and New Product Development
- Ability to work with and influence other business departments
- Self-motivated, able to set goals and time scales for the achievement of key business objectives
- A natural leader and man manager who can motivate and develop teams of people
- Highly ambitious
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and good attention to detail
- Excellent presentation skills
- Good computer skills including MS Office, the Internet and email programs
What’s On Offer:
Attractive Basic + package (negotiable based on experience)
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
- Website
- http://www.drnewitt.com/
- Telephone
- 0131 226 5060
- Location
-
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom
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