Commercial Manager

Birds Eye UK & IE; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid in Woking

Job summary

Birds Eye UK & IE, part of Nomad Foods, is seeking a Commercial Manager for Wholesale, Cash & Carry channels in Woking. The role is hybrid with three office days and customer visits.

You will develop wholesale accounts, use category and shopper insights, and deliver profitable growth across Birds Eye, Aunt Bessie's and Goodfella's brands. If you are a driven commercial professional with experience in wholesale, P&L management and strong stakeholder skills, this is an opportunity to grow with a

Qualifications

• Experience in wholesale or cash & carry channels is desirable.
• Must have experience of P&L management and/or building customer business plans.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and proactive in communication.
• Understanding of teamwork and promoting high performing behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Generate retailer and consumer specific business plans through: development and management of joint business plans.
• Adapting as necessary our business approach to customers including Eden Farm, Bestway and Parfetts.
• 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.
• Develop and implement full customer contact strategies and aligning internal contacts to their customer counterparts.

Skills

P&L management

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Wholesale / cash & carry

Job description

Commercial Manager – Wholesale, Cash & Carrys

Hybrid (3 days a week in the office/visiting customers) – Woking

Competitive salary, up to 25% bonus and benefits

We have an excellent opportunity to join Birds Eye as a Commercial Manager, accountable for the planning and delivery of a profitable growth plan 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

About the role…

You’ll be responsible for developing our wholesale and cash & carry accounts through relationship building, using bespoke category and shopper insights, and other methods.

Responsibilities:

• Generate retailer and consumer specific business plans through:
• Development and management of joint business plans
• Adapting as necessary our business approach to customers including Eden Farm, Bestway and Parfetts
• 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
• Develop and implement full customer contact strategies and aligning internal contacts to their customer counterparts

About you…

We need a driven commercial professional who wants to work in a fast paced environment and grow a business through relationships.

• Experience within wholesale or cash and carrys are desirable.
• Must have experience of P&L management and/or building customer business plans.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and proactive in communication.
• Understanding of teamwork and promoting high performing behaviours.

What we can offer you…

• An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
• A culture where your part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference.
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group

We’re on an exceptional adventure and offer a truly purpose led career. We aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future.

Who are we…

This is a great time to join us! Birds Eye, owned by Nomad Foods, is the UK's no.1 branded frozen food company and is comprised of the Birds Eye, Goodfella's, Aunt Bessie's and Green Cuisine brands. Selling its first products in 1946, we have been providing high-quality frozen food for generations, and our iconic portfolio of fish, vegetable and chicken products now also includes a meat-free range, pizzas and roast joints and accompaniments. 2024 marks 100 years since our founder, Clarence Birdseye, invented the process behind frozen food as we know it today and we are immensely proud of our heritage as we continue to endeavour to serve the nation with better food, promoting the nutritional benefits and convenience of frozen food and the role it plays in helping reduce food waste.

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