National Account Executive £30-35k – Cambridgeshire

Posted by on Jan 18, 2012 in £25,000 - £30,000, £35,000 - £40,000, East Anglia, FMCG, Manufacturing, NAM, National Accounts | 0 comments

You will be working as part of the commercial team to manage part of the grocery retailer’s product category, maintaining and developing business relationships through a strong customer focus. You will have an appreciation of effective category management, new product innovation and the partnership principles that exist within a chilled own label relationship in order to secure and drive forward the business within this major account. In addition you will be responsible for maintaining and developing profitable business within the allocated category for this quality focused retailer. In conjunction with the SNAM you will pro vide effective management to the account to deliver the highest level of service and customer satisfaction. To ensure we can deliver this as a team you will need to clearly communicate all objectives through to our production sites and in turn to our key suppliers Reporting to the SNAM you will work closely with the customer to drive forward sales and achieve budgeted targets for mutual benefit. You will identify and maintain a product portfolio that generates profitable sales mix. Analysis of standard costing information, market information and consumer trends will be required. As an individual you will posses a high degree of customer and quality focus in order to ensure the highest standard of quality are achieved and maintained. Your natural demeanour will enable you to build relationships and to build effective cross-functional relationships with both internal and external customers to create mutual trust, understanding and respect. We all have and you will share a passion and interest in food and keep yourself abreast of new developments and trends. Within this position you and the SNAM will engage in £multi-million price and promotional plans and as such you will need to be highly numerate and commercially astute. This is a customer facing role and as such you will need to have the confidence and ability to present in a professional manner. Ideally you will be a Graduate and have studied a Business or...

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Department Manager £35k Cambridgeshire

Posted by on Jan 18, 2012 in All Sectors | 0 comments

As part of a larger international organisation this site forms a central role within one of the UK’s leading chilled food producers. Providing UK consumers with a huge variety of food products, they are recognised as a leading supplier to the retail and food service markets. Reporting to the Senior Production Manager you will take full responsibility for one of the production departments. As such you will drive and motivate your team whilst measuring them against a set of specific customer focused KPIs. Included within this will be ensuring that all training and development needs are addressed and opportunities provided for people to develop and progress within the site and wider business. You will also ensure that Health & Safety is integral to your department and that every individual sees it as such. In addition to your team and people management you will take ownership for delivering against our operational expectations which have continuous improvement and lean manufacturing at their core to ensure that we deliver over and above our customers expectations. Previous experience of working within and CI or Lean Manufacturing environment is a prerequisite. In line with our lean focus to deliver a better product at a lower COP you will be numerically literate and be able to demonstrate a high level of commercial acumen. Supplying premium products to the UK grocery retail channel brings with it an expectation that you will operate in a highly professional and customer focused manner. Environmental issues are seen by us as part of our corporate and social responsibility and as such you will be central to driving down waste of all raw materials, packaging and utilities to assist in our drive to minimise our carbon footprint. You will posses high levels of communication skills along with an affinity for the people you work with. Our culture is team orientated and great pride is taken in producing a quality range of products. So if you have the people management skills, appreciation...

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NPD Manager £40-50k North Oxon

Posted by on Dec 27, 2011 in £40,000 - £50,000, East Midlands, FMCG, Manufacturing, Midlands, NPD | 0 comments

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an innovative and quality driven food manufacturer who supply a wide range of premium products primarily within the baking and ingredients products. Reporting to the Commercial Director you will also work closely with Marketing Manager & Quality Manager and be responsible for managing product and packaging development for all NPD projects and product changes for both Branded and Own Label products and to commercially evaluate New Product Development opportunities. Your principle responsibilities will include; managing product development process from concept to customer acceptance (either brief to external suppliers or develop in-house). To Develop all packaging formats and designs in conjunction with Marketing team and develop and approve artwork whilst also evaluating product costing in conjunction with the Commercial Assistant. As part of your liaison with marketing you will assist in the research and evaluate market opportunities. You will be the primary driver of all Packaging innovations and changes to include managing the implementation of packaging changes for both NPD and EPD which includes the pioneering and innovation of new packaging formats. This will also involve the aspects specified above for NPD and product changes. In terms of Process you will evaluate current NPD process and recommend changes to system to improve efficiencies whilst also managing product and packaging change process generate and maintain critical path for projects and current status. As part of our supplier partnership ethos you will develop a high level of supplier awareness and build a database of suppliers (product and packaging) in order to be aware of capabilities and fully in touch with both formulation and packaging options. In addition to your relevant food industry experience gained supplying the UK Grocery channel you will posses a number of key personal skill and attributes that are central to how we like to do business. The first and most important will be your passion for food and cooking. You will also be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills...

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