Commercial Manager

UNAVAILABLE; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer goods company located in Leeds seeks an experienced National Account Manager. The candidate will be accountable for managing the planning and delivery of growth plans, leveraging consumer insights and collaborating across multiple business functions. Responsibilities include generating business plans, managing product mixes, and driving profitable growth. Essential qualifications include graduate-level education and over three years of experience in national account management, particularly in the grocery sector, along with strong sales and negotiation skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in national account management.
• Grocery experience in Top 4 UK.
• Ability to conduct portfolio negotiations.
• Experience with P&L analysis.
• Capable of developing high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Generate consumer-specific business plans and account plans.
• Monitor portfolio effectiveness and align with brand guidelines.
• Drive profitable growth and manage customer product mix.
• Deliver new product launches and price increases.
• Coach and line manage Commercial Managers.

Skills

Sales Skills

Account Management

Communication

P&L Analysis

Teamwork

Education

Graduate calibre

Job description

Overview

Accountable for the planning and delivery of a profitable growth plan for Morrisons within the Birds Eye, Aunt Bessies and Goodfella’s brands.

Utilising category and consumer insight to influence the customer and delight the shopper at points of purchase to achieve key business targets.

Day to day management of wider business functions (Category, Marketing, Finance and Supply) to ensure the team are all working towards one goal.

Turnover TBC

NS total TBC

Managing a variety of categories within portfolio

Responsibilities

• Generate consumer specific business plans through:
  • Development and management of joint business plans
  • Use of bespoke category and shopper insight
  • Full understanding of business performance and key performance drivers
  • Development of profit-based account plans and budgets including identifying the customer’s key volume and profit drivers
  • Development of customer specific promotional calendars in line with the Corporate Calendar
• Monitoring portfolio effectiveness via the company tool kit / reporting system and feed learnings into the category, customer marketing and customer finance teams
• Manage customer product mix and align with strategic brand and category guidelines
• Update sales and gross profit forecasts
• Own specific pillars of the longer-term strategic plan to drive cross function project management working and influencing board level sponsorship
• Opportunity to coach and line manage one of the Commercial Managers in the team
• Delivering profitable growth for the account over a sustained period
• Driving visibility and availability of Birds Eye & Aunt Bessies SKUs within the customer.
• Selling and negotiation of new listings
• Implementing new product launches at customer level
• Planning and coordinating price increases within the customer

Qualifications

Essential

• Graduate calibre
• 3+ years’ experience of national account management
• Grocery experience on Top 4 UK
• Sales Skills – has a structured selling process and can conduct portfolio negotiations
• A category and customer first mind-set.
• Communication – Is influential and builds effective cross functional links both internally and externally
• P&L Analysis and course correction – can interpret data and use to a commercial advantage. Is able to scenario plan against internal budgets and understands key cost drivers. Will see reality and take the appropriate decision / action decisively
• Teamwork – Can develop the team and demonstrate high performing team behaviours
• Delivery motivation, enhancing potential, impact and influence, leadership qualities. Demonstrates the ability to challenge the status quo (in the right way). Intellectual curiosity

Desirable

• Some category management, trade marketing or Net Revenue Mgt experience desired
• Line management experience
• Entrepreneurialism – ability to demonstrate from previous roles/experiences
• Understanding of GSCOP
• Formal negotiation training