Do you want to develop your career with a global and dynamic FMCG company? We are currently looking to recruit an exceptional Senior Business Manager - Commercial Ingredients to join our trading team to work with our key UK/EU Food Manufacturing and Food Processing accounts. This is a unique opportunity to join a team who has both strategic and tactical relationships with our customer portfolio. As a Senior Business Manager you will join our team based at our head office in Leeds and will report to the Commercial Ingredients Director. As a leading EU Mozzaralla/Cheese manufacturer the successful candidate will drive an ambitious growth agenda across our cheese product range, requiring close collaboration with colleagues across the UK and Denmark.



Responsibilities

Some of your key responsibilities in the role will include:

• Account responsibility for a prestigious portfolio of Food Manufacturing accounts
• Effective Monthly/Quarterly price negotiations
• Delivery of key financial targets
• Management of both Danish/UK allocated and forecasted cheese volumes
• Establishing and developing business plans to grow existing business and drive new opportunities within new customers
• Representation at Global Trading meetings as required
• Stakeholder management within Matrix structure
  

Skills

The successful candidate will be a graduate-level, results driven individual with significant experience in a commercial role within FMCG. You will have a global mindset and will ideally have an understanding of the dairy sector. With strong communication and negotiation skills you will be able to demonstrate a history of building positive relationships with key customers whilst growing existing business. A high energy, proactive and decisive individual, you will possess strong numerical skills that allow you to manage complex situations to a positive outcome.