Category & Commercial Executive Food/FMCG

Beckett's Foods Ltd; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food processing company in Coventry is seeking a Category & Commercial Executive. Candidates should be degree-educated with strong analytical skills, able to interpret market trends and data. The role involves managing relationships with key accounts, performing customer visits, and ensuring detailed reporting processes. The company offers a salary of £32,000, comprehensive training, and development opportunities, along with a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Salary £32,000

33 days’ annual leave

Access to GroceryAid

Colleague Rewards and Discounts

Qualifications

• Degree educated, or equivalent experience, ideally within sales and business management.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret sales data and market trends.
• Organisational and project management skills to assist with critical path deadlines and project priorities.
• Great attention to detail.
• Be a team player and have a flexible approach to work.
• Driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support category strategies to drive business growth.
• Monitor and analyse data vs. KRAS.
• Conduct customer and store visits.
• Ensure reporting and admin are up-to-date.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Organisational skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Competency in Excel and PowerPoint

Education

Degree educated or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Category & Commercial Executive Food/FMCG

Coventry

Monday to Friday

Salary £32,000

Becketts Foods is a leading food processing company operating in the CV2 area of Coventry since 1983. We are now recruiting additional colleagues to join our team. We offer our colleagues stability and a long-term future working for a thriving business.

For this role, you need a natural flair and passion for all things ‘foodie’ and awareness of how to use category data and market trends information to support our category strategies to drive our business growth forwards with our key customers.

If you are a self-starter with commercial/category skills, comfortable with monitoring and analysing data vs. KRAS, and have the drive to deliver change, then we would like to hear from you.

You will be working across our group’s major accounts, so will need good numeric competency, be confident with your communication and presentation skills, and the ability to understand the customer’s requirements.

Why come and work for us? We believe strongly in growing our talent and we will ensure that you receive training, development and access to the experience within the team, along with mentorship and guidance from your line manager. From you, we want you to be willing to learn, keen to get into the detail of the role and work within a dynamic team.

Some of your time will be spent onsite, working closely within the customer development team. You will also be required to carry out customer and store visits, as well as spending some time working remotely to ensure the reporting and admin behind the scenes is all up-to-date. Bright and motivated, you should be able to prioritise and be flexible to react to the demands of the job.

What we are looking for in our new Category & Commercial Executive:

• Degree educated, or equivalent experience, ideally within sales and business management.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret sales data and market trends.

• Organisational and project management skills to assist with critical path deadlines and project priorities.

• Great attention to detail.

• Be a team player and have a flexible approach to work.

• Competent with all major Microsoft software packages, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

• Driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential.

What we can offer you:

• Salary £32,000

• 33 days’ annual leave (with an option to buy up to 5 extra days)

• Access to GroceryAid, which provides emotional, practical and financial support

• Colleague Rewards, Benefits, and recognition hub - including amazing colleague discounts