Enable job alerts via email!

Commercial Manager

Nomad Foods Inc

Leeds

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 70,000

Full time

Yesterday
Be an early applicant

Generate a tailored resume in minutes

Land an interview and earn more. Learn more

Start fresh or import an existing resume

Job summary

Join a leading company as a National Account Manager with a key role in executing business plans for top retailers. You'll utilize consumer insights to drive profitable growth and manage key partnerships, delivering excellence across renowned brands such as Birds Eye and Aunt Bessie.

Qualifications

  • Experience managing a national Top 4 retailer in a blue chip FMCG organisation.
  • Proven track record of business relationship management.
  • Ability to interpret data for commercial advantage.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and execute Joint Business Plans with stakeholders.
  • Own day-to-day commercial relationship with Buyers.
  • Monitor portfolio effectiveness using reporting systems.

Skills

Analytical skills
Negotiation skills
Resilience
Commercial acumen
Teamwork

Job description

Overview

We have an excellent opportunity available for you to grow your career and make a difference at Birds Eye! Joining us as a National Account Manager you'll lead on the execution of the customer business plan to achieve and exceed annual targets. You’ll do this by utilising category and consumer insight to achieve key business targets and be accountable for the planning and delivery of a profitable growth plan with your customer.

Responsibilities

This is a key role within the wider commercial sales team, and you’ll manage a broad portfolio of branded products for the business within the Birds Eye, Aunt Bessie and Goodfella’s Pizza portfolios.In brief, you will be responsible for:

  • Building partnerships with stakeholders to develop, manage & execute Joint Business Plans to achieve both your own and the customer’s Sales, Profit & Share targets. (Full P&L ownership)
  • Work with internal & external customers to secure best in class visibility of our Brands.
  • Ownership of the promotional strategy – utilising best practise in bringing together all 3 brands across categories to deliver the best offer for the Customer, Consumer and Birds Eye.
  • Monitoring portfolio effectiveness via the company tool kit / reporting system and feed learnings into the category, RGM, customer marketing and customer finance teams.
  • Own the day-to-day commercial relationship with the Buyers in your respective categories - this will also include some exposure to Senior Buying managers, and Category Directors.
Qualifications

We’re looking for a Senior National Account Manager who has experience of managing a national Top 4 retailer within a blue chip FMCG organisation. You’ll have a track record of maintaining and improving business relationships with those major customers, more then used to formulating and reviewing detailed business plans. We look for people who are focused on getting results, embrace learning and bring positive energy, combining initiative with a sense of teamwork and collaboration.

  • A high degree of analytical skills, someone who can interpret data and use to a commercial advantage.
  • P&L Analysis and course correction, you can see reality and take the appropriate decision/action decisively.
  • Resilience and excellent negotiation skills in order to achieve mutually acceptable outcomes in often very demanding circumstances.
  • Grocery experience with experience of both branded and own label business would be great, but you have a category and customer first mind-set.
  • We are looking for a creative and growth mindset.
Get your free, confidential resume review.
or drag and drop a PDF, DOC, DOCX, ODT, or PAGES file up to 5MB.