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Commercial Manager

Employer
Michael Page Sales
Location
England, East Sussex, Brighton
Salary
£50000 - £58000 per annum + Bonus, Car, Benefits
Closing date
3 Apr 2017

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

Job Details





A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a successful and ambitious NAM or SNAM with Top 4 Grocery experience to join this fast growing and exciting FMCG SME as their new Commercial Manager looking after their largest customer, driving further growth and opportunities as the wider business looks to continue expanding after a fantastic growth period.



Client Details



Commercial Manager - Fast Growing FMCG SME Food Brand

My client is an extremely exciting and fast growing brand that's gone from start-up 10 years ago to a very successful SME and now looking to increase the size of their operations. My client has extremely high standards and core values at its heart, meaning skills but person fit are very important during an interview process. Now employing in excess of 250 people, my client has annual TO in excess of £30m with growth plans to see the business double in the next few years.



Description



The Commercial Manager will drive the development and delivery of the growth plans, focusing on leading the relationship with their largest grocery account - an account delivering over 50% of the businesses turnover. Responsibilities will include:-

  • Managing and developing the relationships with a key Top 4 account, having full P&L responsibility as well as seeking all potential new business opportunities within the account
  • Generate and own the commercial forecast for the customer, working with all internal commercial stakeholders as well as product, marketing, operations and finance
  • Hone a deep knowledge of the market place, use information available to create the very best customer plans and strategies
  • Create, develop and implement the commercial plans, ensuring the customer has the right range, promotions and marketing to maximise profitable growth






Profile



The successful candidate for the Commercial Manager will be:-

  • A passionate, proactive, confident sales person with a proven track record of strong account management and influencing skills
  • A smart, analytically minded and strong presenter
  • Track record of generating and building lasting, key relationships with stakeholders of all levels
  • Track record of FMCG sales, a mix of larger and smaller size businesses internally and track record with a Top 4 Grocery account
  • Passionate about working in a smaller size business, and fast growing challenger brand mentality
  • Can demonstrate strong leaderships skills and manage up internally






Job Offer

up to £58,000 basic salary + uncapped bonuses + company car + benefits (candidates needs to be able to commute to the Brighton office a minimum of 3 days per week)

Company

Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.

Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!

Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us

Join in the discussion in our LinkedIn group Michael Page Sales - UK

 

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