Poland Retail Bakery Growth Leader

Vandemoortele; Łódź; On-site; PLN 290,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Vandemoortele Poland seeks a Commercial Manager Retail Bakery Products to lead the retail go-to-market strategy, grow turnover and margins, and manage key accounts across Poland. You will coordinate with Marketing, Supply Chain and R&D to ensure successful product launches and demand planning.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in commercial leadership, a Master’s degree, strong analytical and financial acumen, and proven ability to lead distributed sales teams to deliver above-market growth.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of commercial leadership experience.
• Proven people leadership including remote and dispersed teams.
• Track record of driving profitable growth with turnover above €10 million.
• Master’s degree in Economics or Business Management preferred.
• Strategic, analytical and financially minded.
• Excellent negotiation and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the retail go-to-market strategy for Poland.
• Build and maintain relationships with retail key accounts; negotiate annual agreements and listings.
• Drive revenue, turnover and gross margin; set pricing strategy and trade spend.
• Monitor market trends, competition and consumer behaviour; translate insights into actions.
• Lead, coach and develop the retail sales team including remote employees.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Supply Chain, Customer Care and R&D to support launches and demand planning.

Skills

People leadership

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Financial acumen

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in Economics or Business Management

Job description

Vandemoortele Poland seeks a Commercial Manager Retail Bakery Products to lead the retail go-to-market strategy, grow turnover and margins, and manage key accounts across Poland. You will coordinate with Marketing, Supply Chain and R&D to ensure successful product launches and demand planning.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in commercial leadership, a Master’s degree, strong analytical and financial acumen, and proven ability to lead distributed sales teams to deliver above-market growth.