Commercial Executive | French Speaking
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- Central Scotland
- Salary
- £25-35k + package.
- Closing date
- 31 Aug 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing, Merchandising, Sales
Job Details
Commercial Executive
Successful Scottish Food Business with an excellent reputation and outstanding products.
As this is a hands on role the Candidate will be expected to:
· Identify key areas for growth on a regional, domestic and international scale into Food Service and Retail within defined territories in keeping with commercial strategy – candidate must be proficient in French and able to communicate clearly on a business level
· Seek out and exploit new business opportunities and market entry strategies in each territory
· Deliver long term and sustainable partnerships with the above
· Monitor & report results vs budgets and objectives
· Accountability and ownership of external stakeholders from quoting per product to final invoicing stage – paying close attention to payment structure
· Liase with existing and new suppliers of raw material on varied species
· Liase closely and on a regular basis with production and major service providers
· Apply KPI’s, forecasting & reporting to account management daily role
· Be active in the market and up to speed with current market intelligence
· Be active in account management from both a strategic basis to daily smaller production customers
· Be active in NPD and work cross departmentally to ensure involvement from all key departments
· Be able to drive business development across departments by ensuring a comprehensive understanding of products and packaging formats
· Add creative input into new website designs and strategies to promote the company
· Building and expanding customer database for own brand products
CANDIDATE MUST BE PROFICIENT AND COMPETENT IN FRENCH AT A BUSINESS LEVEL
Preferred Skills
Computer skills – knowledge of Sage would be advantageous
Ability to motivate from an analytical and creative approach
Food Service / Retail experience preferable
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
-
3rd floor 2 Lochrin Square
96 fountainbridge
Edinburgh
Midlothian
Eh3 9QA
United Kingdom
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