UK Sales Manager - Branded Coffee Solutions

PH923 – UK Coffee Sales Manager – Bakery to Foodservice


REWARDS: Basic 50-60K (OTE 70K) company car, laptop, benefits

Fantastic opportunity to develop a leading Coffee brand to retail across the UK

THE ROLE:
This position involves heading up the strategic development of our coffee concept across the UK to convenience and forecourt retail groups.
The successful candidate will be responsible for introducing our brand at buyer level and implementing with stores nationally.
You will be responsible for implementing joint trading and business plans, and negotiating pricing and promotions.
You will also work closely with trade marketing to ensure that the product offering to Retail customers remains innovative and mirrors current market trends.
This is a fantastic opportunity to lead an innovative brand across the UK with fantastic career prospects.
The long-term objective will be to demonstrate significant growth across these areas and lead to developing a team within this product discipline.

THE COMPANY:
We are a genuine market leader in the provision of bakery and food to go products to the foodservice sector.
Over the last 30 years we have demonstrated rapid growth to enable us to provide full UK coverage to all areas of the foodservice market place.
We are known for bakery solutions including bread, patisserie, breakfast products and speciality bakery products, but also support other areas to provide a one stop solution to both Retail and Foodservice.
Our innovative range of products allows us to equally service FMCG and Foodservice and we are known nationally throughout the food to go market.
We pride ourselves on having all the benefits of a corporate employer combined with a family company feel to for our employees.
We have recently extended our services to our Retail customers, through the addition of a leading Coffee concept to our portfolio.
If you feel that this may be the right challenge for you within the branded Coffee sector we would be delighted to hear from you.

THE APPLICANT.
The successful candidate will be an experienced National Accounts professional from within the coffee sector.
• Candidates must have experience of working at a Senior level within Coffee sales across the UK.
• Candidates with experience in sales of Coffee concepts to Retail convenience, forecourt and symbol groups will be of strong interest.
• Candidates must be from a structured, blue chip, coffee sales background.
• Candidates must be effective team players with the ability to liaise at all levels externally and internally.
• Candidates must be able to display a proven track record of new business sales at buyer level within the retail/FMCG channel.

If you are a dynamic Coffee sales professional seeking to develop your career with a market leading manufacturer then please forward your CV to me directly to the email address below.

LOCATION: Birmingham, London, Oxford, Northampton, Swindon, Reading, Brighton, Southampton, Cambridge, Ipswich, Milton Keynes, National

Midas Selection Ltd specialises in recruiting Sale and Marketing professionals across the Foodservice sector. Midas Selection Ltd operates as an Employment Agency.

All applicants send CVS to paul.haworth@midas-selection.com