Senior Commercial Manager
The Compleat Food Group Redhill
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Senior Commercial Manager - Chilled Food/Top 4 Retailers
Location: Redhill, Surrey UK (Hybrid – 2-3 days from home)
Are you a passionate, results-driven Commercial Manager with a strong track record in the chilled food sector? Do you haveexperience managing high-level relationships with the UK's top retailers, such as Sainsbury, Tesco, Waitrose etc? If so, we want
to hear from you!
The Role:As Senior Commercial Manager, you'll take the lead in managing our key commercial relationship with one of the Top 4 UKretailers. You’ll be the linchpin between our business and theirs, driving commercial strategy, supply chain integration, and New
Product Development (NPD) to maximize growth and profitability. This is a hands-on, high-impact role that will see you working
closely with our Customer Director and cross-functional teams to deliver revenue and margin growth for both our business and the
retailer.
At The Compleat Food Group we don’t just make food. We make food to feel good, taste good and do good for everyone.
Our aim is to raise the bar and delight our customers and consumers every day, they are at the heart of all our decision making.We are innovative leaders in the UK chilled food manufacturing industry. As Category leaders our ability to drive growth for our
customers is through our focus on understanding our consumers and our relentless pursuit of innovation – we have the courage to
think differently, raise the bar and challenge the status quo
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and drive the commercial strategy with a Top 4 UK retailer, ensuring all business areas are aligned and focused on
- Act as the main point of contact, managing the day-to-day relationship with the retailer, ensuring smooth communication across
- Work collaboratively with internal teams, including production, technical, supply chain, and category management, to ensure
- Leverage your understanding of Category Management principles to shape and direct our categories for mutual benefit.
- Analyse sales data, identify key performance drivers, and create actionable plans to address business challenges and capitalize
- P&L management and review, Margin and Forecasting, data analysis and reporting
- Travel to customer meetings and our manufacturing sites as needed to maintain strong, strategic partnerships.
- Management of one Commercial Executive within the account.
Who We're Looking For:
- A proven track record of dealing with major UK retailers for at least 3 years experience of Senior Buyer level or above – Top 4
- Experience in both Own Label and Branded products, with a deep understanding of what retailers look for in a supplier.
- Strong numerical skills and the ability to interpret market data and trends to inform commercial decisions.
- Self-motivated, with a proactive attitude towards identifying and pursuing new business opportunities.
- A passion for food and a strong understanding of chilled and short-shelf-life categories.
- Financially literate with excellent attention to detail and the ability to understand and report accurately across various
- Outstanding communication and multi-relationship-building skills, with the gravitas to represent our company professionally at
- Strong computer skills, particularly MS Office, and experience in category management, open book costing models, and commodity
- Flexibility to travel for customer meetings (London) and our UK site visits as required.
- Car Allowance & Company Bonus Scheme
- 33 Days annual leave
- 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
- Online and High-street retailer discount scheme
- Employee well-being and community support groups
- Informal and Formal training opportunities with personalised online LMS platform
- Charity Initiatives and Team events
- 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)
- Physical Wellbeing Benefits – Free on demand exercise hub and various gym discounts.
- HRT prescription charges reimbursement scheme
- Online Wellbeing benefits
- Free Financial wellbeing – mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools
- Holiday Discounts via Online Retail Discount
valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive. We continue to attract
diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.
That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do.
Recruitment Agencies We have an active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge anyspeculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies.
Why Join Us? We’re a fast growing, dynamic, multi-site business known for our excellence across key sub-categories. As a SeniorCommercial Manager, you’ll have all the opportunities you need to progress your career to the next level and play a pivotal role
in shaping the future of one of our key trading relationships, working in a fast-paced, innovative world class environment where
your contributions truly make an impact.
If you’re hungry for success, have a passion for the food industry, and are ready to progress your career, driving growth in achallenging but rewarding role, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply now to be a part of a fantastic team, where your expertise will help us grow and thrive alongside one of the UK’s largestretailers.
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