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Channel Development Director, Foodservice, London

Employer
Focus Management Consultants
Location
London
Salary
£80000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Closing date
4 Feb 2019

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing, Other Job Function, Sales

Job Details



Lead a cross-functional team within an ethically strong and highly successful food business.

You will already be in a senior leadership role within a fresh or frozen food business.

You will be a channel expert within foodservice across UK & Europe.

You will be resilient, creative, relentless in your drive to "do it right", ambitious and excited by a fast-paced business looking a strategic change at group level.

This role will suit a Channel Director, General Manager with a commercial slant or a Sales Director that is looking for wider operational responsibilities.

What factors are important in you next move?
  • Leadership - The CEO of this business was MD at 26, he has taken the business from £18 Million to £200 Million, he led the team as a fast track 250 business in 2018
  • Growth - The foodservice business unit is growing 40% year or year
  • Category - healthy, sustainable, ethical and on-trend
  • Strategy - integrate and represent the foodservice business as a central point at group level
  • The business - a premium supplier of fresh and frozen products to retail and foodservice customers in the UK


The purpose and focus of this role is to operate the foodservice business. Priority is to drive an ambitious growth agenda through critical customer strategies and to lead the improvement in core systems and processes to grow and scale effectively. Additionally, develop and deliver innovative, consumer-led products through great customer partnerships and enduring relationships.

The nature of the role and challenge it represents will require a unique mix of general management exposure against product ranging, buying, selling, customer service, and logistics as well a natural commercial flair.

If you want to know more, contact me or send your CV, so we can talk further....

Tel: +44 (0) 1625 560778 REF. AJT895011

Follow Focus Management on Twitter @foodjob

Company

Founded in 1990, Focus delivers excellent recruitment solutions in the changing world of the food and drink industry. We are proud of our talented team of knowledgeable recruitment specialists covering all functions and sectors offering a bespoke service for our clients.

We provide Permanent and Interim recruitment solutions across Manufacturing, Retail, Foodservice, Food Technology, Product Development, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, HR, Sales & Marketing from Graduate to Board Level.

We’ve worked across the globe, recruiting for start-ups through to large international organisations. We have helped and made a real difference to a vast array of clients working collaboratively as they recruit the very best talent to support their strategies.

Our guiding principles and culture are built on 3 pillars:

  • An employee-owned business where we all thrive A business with a culture of pride, trust, kindness and wanting to be the BEST
  • An environment that embraces lifestyle goals offering balance, fun and an engaging place to work

 

Company info
Telephone
01625 560778
Location
Exchange House
Albert Road
Bollington
Cheshire
SK10 5HS
United Kingdom

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