Senior Business Manager

Alexander Steele Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Job summary

Alexander Steele Recruitment partners with an award-winning food manufacturer recruiting a Senior Commercial Manager to drive QSR and B2B growth from a London-based, hybrid role. You will own major customer relationships, shape channel strategy, and collaborate with innovation, operations and finance to deliver profitable growth.

You will lead negotiations, manage forecasts and budgets, and identify opportunities to expand major accounts within a high-profile commercial function.

Qualifications

• Experience in food manufacturing commercial roles.
• Proven track record with major QSR, B2B or foodservice customers.
• Strong negotiation and account profitability management.
• Ability to lead growth strategies for large accounts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow strategic customer relationships.
• Create ambitious customer plans delivering sustainable growth.
• Identify new business and product development opportunities.
• Lead commercial negotiations, tenders and pricing.
• Build strong relationships with senior customer contacts.
• Collaborate with innovation teams to bring new concepts to market.
• Manage forecasts, budgets, margins and account profitability.

Skills

Commercial experience

QSR experience

B2B experience

Negotiation

Account management

Job description

Location: London/Hybrid (Commutable to London for bi weekly visits)

Salary: £70-80k + car or allow + bonus + benefits

We’re partnering with an award-winning food manufacturer that is entering an exciting phase of growth and looking for a talented Senior Commercial Manager to drive their QSR & B2B channels forward.

This is a high-profile commercial role with responsibility for developing major customers, unlocking new opportunities and delivering profitable growth. You’ll have the freedom to shape the channel strategy while working closely with talented teams across innovation, operations, finance and supply chain.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading and growing strategic customer relationships
• Creating ambitious customer plans that deliver sustainable growth
• Identifying new business and product development opportunities
• Leading commercial negotiations, tenders and pricing
• Building strong relationships with senior customer contacts
• Working closely with innovation teams to bring exciting new concepts to market
• Managing forecasts, budgets, margins and account profitability

What we’re looking for:

• Strong commercial experience within food manufacturing
• Experience managing major QSR, B2B or foodservice customers
• A proven record of growing complex, high-value accounts
• Confidence negotiating and influencing at a senior level
• A commercially sharp, ambitious and collaborative approach

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of an important growth channel within a successful, innovative and highly regarded food manufacturing business.