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Sales / Commercial Controller - grocery retail, leading innovation, strong career progression

Employer
Food Industry Associates
Location
Yorkshire / East Midlands
Salary
Circa £75,000 plus benefits and car / allowance
Closing date
17 Jun 2019

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

Job Details

Sales Controller required to lead commercial performance at a £multi-million manufacturing site where a complex portfolio of private label ranges are made, as part of a well-known wider manufacturing group.

As Sales Controller you will take full ownership and accountability for the commercial performance of your site, with key retail customers including Asda, Morrison, Tesco and M&S, alongside food service and discounter channels.

With M&S being the largest strategic customer account from this site, current or recent experience of working with them would support any application, as will exposure to multiple grocery retail customer accounts.

The business we have been asked to support have demonstrated impressive organic growth for several consecutive years now, as well as achieving additional growth through the acquisition of additional sites to help them drive in to extended category ranges.

With continued growth forecast driving from extensive innovation as well further acquisition opportunities being explored, the business is clearly one that is able to offer strong career progression opportunities to those who perform.

The immediate role will be responsible for leading a team of National Account Managers, as well as leading those in innovation, category and brand marketing functions.

The business will suit those familiar with private label exposure, who thrive of pace, cutting edge innovation and influencing the category within grocery retail.

Please contact us to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

Company

For over a decade now, Food Industry Associates Ltd have proven to be a recruiter of choice for ambitious SME food and beverage manufacturers across the UK.  We don't recruit for the big corporates by choice.  Instead, we choose to work with companies with personality, entrepreneurial flare (not process), looking to disrupt the market with cutting edge innovation to provide consumers with better, healthier choices.

Are you an early stage start-up struggling to find the right solution to help you gain your fist listings in a specific customer channel before you can raise the budget to employ somebody on a permanent basis?  Maybe you know you need to source a commercial leader but aren't 100% clear in what format, or how to adequately incentivise somebody from a much larger business to join your mission?  Come speak to us.

If you're a more established business looking to bring fresh talent on board to drive ambitious sales targets, source a creative innovator to help you drive in to new extended categories, or looking to strengthen in marketing / category terms, again, come speak to us.

We've a proven record in recruiting talent for an array of businesses, helping them source commercial talent to help them achieve their goals.  From early stage sales talent through to equity-incentivised leadership roles, we've proven time and time again to find the right people for our clients at the first attempt.  

How are we different to most of our competitors?  Unlike most, we don't have as diverse a portfolio of clients we work with.  However all those we do work with continuously come back to us whenever they next have another need.  In our opinion successful recruitment is achieved when two businesses truly 'partner' and collaborate together.  In our opinion the better we know you, the better we understand all the extra elements aside from simple skillset and experience to ensure the right 'fit' is identified at the first attempt.  In our opinion, this is recruitment, done properly.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0113 3572245
Location
Food Industry Associates Ltd
Airebank House
419 Kirkstall Road
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS4 2EZ
GB

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