Company description: Premier Foods is one of Britains biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.
Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and youll find them in 94% of British households.
Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below.
At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality.
We aim to ensure all existing and potential colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in.
Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.
Job description: We have an exciting opportunity to join our sales department as a Senior Commercial Planning Manager .
This is a commercial leadership role, primarily focused on unlocking the identified strategic growth priority of the Convenience channel.
This is ideal for someone who is experienced in front line sales/account management (major multiples sales preferred), couples with strong financial experience and P&L understanding.
This position will also oversee direct reports at commercial planning manager level.
To excel in this role, you'll need to be highly analytical and able to articulate complexity with simplicity.
This role requires an individual who is a confident decision maker.
For this role, we're really keen to bring in someone who is resilient.
This role would really suit somebody who is a strategic thinker with astute commercial awareness.
The role You will have accountability across all Grocery and Sweet Treats categories.
Your role is instrumental in driving the identified strategic growth priority of the Convenience channel.
Your remit is to support the business to achieve its blend of internal and external channel-specific objectives including turnover, profit, innovation, and market share for the Convenience Channel.
Strong leadership & influencing skills ability to lead across multiple stakeholders at senior level.
Confident communicator at all levels.
Self-starter with strong priority setting capability.
The Key Requirements...
Responsible for working cross functionally with all Commercial teams to develop brand & channel strategies to deliver budgeted sales, profit and NPD targets Develop, agree, drive execution of promotional strategy and guidelines across all brands for the Convenience channel.
Improve promotional return on investment for brands category Analyse and review business forecast & key issues in business planning process influencing Customer teams to drive outperformance.
Design of pack, price & promotional architecture specific to the Convenience channel Accountable for the commercialisation of Channel relevant NPD including pricing, promotional support and ensuring execution through the sales team achieving objectives Ensure Sales and Customer strategies are integrated into brand plans by influencing Brand Directors.
Accountable for creating the sell stories / decks for NPD for the Convenience channel (not writing every page but ensuring it meets the needs of the business) Here at Premier Foods, our shared values are the DNA of our business, guiding us in the way we operate and challenging us to live them day-to-day.
We are proud of being an employer of choice, known for our commitment to our values and creating a positive workplace culture.
This is an opportunity to excel and grow within our business.
The Benefits and Perks...
Bonus Company Car Allowance Company Pension Holiday Purchase Scheme Hybrid working Private Medical Insurance JBRP1_UKTJ