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Commercial Manager - Off-Trade

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
Manchester
Salary
£45k - 55k per year
Closing date
22 Dec 2018

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

Job Details

Job description

Job Type: Commercial Manager – Off Trade
Salary: up to £55,000 plus benefits
Location: North West
Sector/Industry: Sales (Food and Beverage)

Job Reference: CD- 24532

Are you an ambitious National Account Manager who wants to use their experience to aid a fast growing international beverage organisation? Are you proactive, customer focused and eager to develop and excel in an entrepreneurial environment? For this role, you should have a background in food and drinks account management within top UK grocery accounts. You should be analytical and an excellent communicator. If you are keen to make a difference in a fast-paced organisation, then this is the role for you!

 
Responsibilities:

  • Be a key representative of the off-trade team and focus on account management and maximise distribution of products
  • Responsible for maximising the listings, distribution and activations to raise awareness of a portfolio of premium brands in individual independent venues and small group outlets.
  • Maximise the effectiveness of branded and own label products within two UK top four Grocery accounts
  • Working alongside the Managing Director, develop business opportunities whilst building brand tactics and strategy
  • Spend time proactively engaging customers to ensure the growth of brands

Person Specification:

  • Successful applicants MUST have at least 3 years’ experience within a National Account Management role in a food or drinks FMCG blue chip organisation
  • A passion and demonstrable experience in over achieving on distribution, volume and profitability targets
  • A detailed understanding and experience of full P&L responsibility
  • Experience with branded and own label products
  • The ability to adapt and influence within a fast paced organisation
  • This is a field based role with time spent at customers and head office

To apply, please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter to chloe.dalton@advocate-group.co.uk or, alternatively, submit your application via the link below.

To Contact Directly: Chloe Dalton on 0161 639 0080

At The Advocate Group, our core values have been built around the importance of transparency, innovation, passion and collaboration. As such, we are committed to open communication and the protection of your privacy. We have updated our policies in line with new General Data Protection Regulation laws to make it easier for you to understand how we collect, store and handle your data – These can be viewed on our website via our privacy policy. Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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