Commercial Manager

The Opportunity: In this role you will be responsible for the relationship and management of Tesco within the meals business. We currently supply meals ranges across a number of cuisine types into multiple retail customers. You will build close and trusted relationships with the customers to ensure we have full visibility and are active leaders within the categories we operate to leverage all opportunities and increase our influence. You will be the key contact through which all communication will be managed in and out of the business. Key Responsibilities: - Active management and full accountability of all financial metrics to the agreed minimum gross margin % - Take a leadership role across all functions in key decision-making using experience, judgment, and commercial acumen with a full understanding of any potential impact to the business or customer with mitigating factors. - Work with development, process, technical and operations to track the progress of NPD/EPD/E2E launches
to ensure all target dates are hit and commercial/financial expectations are tracked and measured. This also includes the active mitigation of any impact due to the delisting of products, high MOQ's or any other stock exposures. - Play an active role in the development of the business strategy and the scope of each customer within the strategy. - Development and implementation of customer plans through effective category and development insight which elevates Samworth Brothers meals within our customers to a category leader and supplier of choice.

Degree education or equivalent preferred. - Experienced within FMCG with Food Manufacturing - Excellent leadership skills with strong interpersonal and communication skills to enable highly effective influencing across the business, group and customers. - High commercial acumen and numerical ability to facilitate effective decision making and proactive management to minimize any impact - Strong organizational, presentation and project management skills to assist with deadline delivery

Competitive salary

- Enhanced pension scheme - Private health scheme - Employee discount scheme - Experience annual pay reviews - Profit related pay - Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities