National Account Manager Cash & Carry Wholesale £35k + Car + Bonus East Midlands

Have you already developed a successful career managing national Cash & Carry Wholesale or convenience and impulse retailer accounts and delivered substantial sales growth whilst maintaining margin? Do you have experience of working with premium branded products and selling on product and not price? Are you now ready to be part of a huge brand transformation and assault on one of UK retail’s most exciting categories? We hope so as our customer is already in possession of a premium product range and a brand that is regarded as; aspirational, desirable and category leading. Following a strategic review you will take a leading role in driving the full range and brand through to the convenience and impulse channel which represents a substantial opportunity for incremental growth. You will already have gained experience of working within the cash & carry wholesale accounts and have delivered sustainable and profitable growth within your accounts dealing with branded or premium FMCG products. If you are ready to rise to the challenge and have the confidence and faith that your; account management, commercial acumen, category management and customer skills can help us deliver a truly seismic shift in strategy then contact our Kieron Madden our recruitment partner at...

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NPD Manager £40-50k North Oxon

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...

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Senior National Account Manager £50-55k + Car + Bonus Home Based

Have you already developed a successful career managing major grocery multiple retailer accounts and delivered substantial sales growth whilst maintaining margin? Do you have experience of working with premium products and selling on product and not price? Are you now ready to be part of a huge brand transformation and assault on one of UK retail’s most exciting categories? We hope so as our customer is already in possession of a premium product range and a brand that is regarded as; aspirational , desirable and category leading. Following a strategic review you will take a leading role in driving the full range and brand through to one of the UK’s Top 4 Grocery multiples. You will already have gained experience of working with top grocery retailers and have delivered sustainable and profitable growth within your accounts dealing with branded or premium FMCG products. If you are ready to rise to the challenge and have the confidence and faith that your; account management, commercial acumen, category management and customer skills can help us deliver a truly seismic shift in strategy then contact Kieron Madden our recruitment partner at WRS....

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Restaurant Manager £25-30k + Bonus Leicester

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a truly dynamic and genuinely entrepreneurial food and drink retailer which is defying the UK High Street and achieving some astonishing increases in sales and most importantly profitability.  As part of a UK wide store expansion we are now seeking to appoint a Restaurant Manager to take full responsibility for a new store opening and ensuring that it meets and exceeds our sales expectations.   If you are seeking to join a corporate culture then this is NOT the opportunity for you. We are seeking a truly driven, commercial and numerically astute retail professional who will flourish when given the autonomy and room to grow within a store that they will be allowed to develop and grow.  You will already have had full P&L responsibility or a store and ideally have experience of working within a quality, service and customer orientated environment.  You may very well have a structured corporate background and now want to transfer your skills and experience into a more open environment where you can have a genuine input to the management of your store and the recruitment and development of your team.  You will need to be adaptable and able to react to change within a fast paced customer focused retail environment.  Most importantly for us you will have a burning desire to deliver quality products to our customers with...

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Senior Product Developer £30k East Midlands

 Working for an instantly recognisable UK brand which is synonymous with quality.  You will be tasked with a brief to develop truly outstanding new products that maintain the brand’s reputation for quality whilst also injecting your own joie de vivre.  We seek to please our customers and the end consumer a like and your products will embody this spirit.   To assist you in developing our new range and reviewing existing SKUs you will be supported by an NPD Technologist who you will coach and mentor.  In addition the enjoyment and quality of our products we too have to be mindful of the more traditional challenges of meeting deadlines and adhering to restrictions on raw material costs; both of which you will ensure are achieved within all of your product launches.  Ideally you will be a graduate or perhaps more importantly be able to demonstrate that you have; the intelligence, initiative and ability to communicate at all levels from shop floor to board level.  Managing a wide number of SKUs you will be expected to managing multiple tasks at anyone time some of which may be in their infancy whilst others are being launched in store.  You will already have gained food or drink New Product Development experience and have an obvious passion for food and natural creativity.  Working as part of a much wider NPD function you will also...

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National Account Executive Foodservice £30k + fe Car + Bonus + Excellent Pension Northampton

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your FMCG career within National Accounts. If you are seeking to become a NAM then this position will serve you with the ideal experience and customer exposure. Working for an expanding food manufacturer and ingredients producer which has benefited from significant capital investment and brand / range extensions you will be joining the business at an exciting time in it’s development. They are a major supplier within their sector supplying; grocery retailers, food manufacturers, foodservice distributors and end users. You will be working fro the fastest growing division that is the foodservice channel. Supplying a diverse account base to include both distributors and end users such as the pub groups and QSR market. You will gain exposure to major national accounts and be given an insight into the manufacturing and supply chain processes. In addition to assisting in maintaining the existing national accounts and achieving targets you will also be actively looking for new business opportunities. Be that to extend the number of SKUs supplied to a particular account or to open completely new customer accounts. You will be given unparalleled support and coaching whilst also being empowered with the autonomy to act independently. Ideally a graduate or of graduate calibre you will be seeking to develop your F.M.C.G. career within Account Management. Previous experience within a customer orientated environment is essential,...

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