Trading/Commercial Manager- Wholesale & B2B- (Meat Industry)

The Client

Our client is an international Meat Producer, Developer/Packer & Exporter. They are very much at the cutting edge of satisfying Short-Term Customer Demand Fulfilment at the Right Price; whilst also fostering Longer-Term Strategic Alignment with Customers to ensure sustained growth is achieved for all parties.

With the UK they have-

1. Several Production Sites (catering for Large Volume & more Bespoke Added Value Production Runs)
2. Access to their Own Production Sites in neighbouring Countries (Covering any Capacity Challenges)
3. Internal Global Currency Hedging/Management (Ensuring Price Stability for Customers and Strong Competitive Ability in comparison to other providers)

Making it a great time to join.

The Role

As the Trading/Commercial Manager You will act as the Business Lead across:

• Wholesale Meat Customers (Large to Small)
• B2B / Food Manufacturing

You will need take the channel and customer to new levels of growth performance. Having close involvement with building long-term sustainable relationships as well moving quickly to capitalise more shor-term opporutinties.

• Win & Managing New Business- Across both Channels
• Direct customer contact across all relevant functions
• Drive distribution of existing and new products.
• Manage product mix to maximise margin.
• Negotiate all elements of pricing, terms and promotions within Business guidelines.
• Deliver price increases.
• Pre- and post-evaluate promotional activity.
• Ensure that activity supports central brand direction where applicable
• Exercise Trade Spend control and process adherence
• Manage effective communication of plans to the Customer Base

Candidate Requirements

The ideal candidate will have gained strong experience in Meat Trading from one or more the following channels:

1. Business to Business- Food Manufacturing
2. Foodservice- Wholesale
3. Potentially open to Agents

You will be rewarded with:

1. Challenge
2. Monetary Reward & Career progression
3. & A Fun, Fast Paced Culture