Senior Commercial Manager

Senior Commercial Manager

£75k plus car allowance and package

Loughborough

This is a strategic role within the Commercial team, you will play a key role in shaping the future of this thriving and growing business.  The culture is positive, inclusive and people stay, their retention record is excellent.  This is a new role due to growth.

As the Commercial Manager, your role will be:

• Working with established and trusted Retail customers where there is partnership and collaboration.
• Charged with category development and growth with key customers.
• Working closely with an experienced and highly regarded Commercial Director.
• Focussed commercial team with long standing relationships in the industry.
• An environment to learn, develop and engage with likeminded, upbeat and ambitious individuals.
• High profile account so an opportunity for real visibility within the business.
• Working closely with NPD – innovation is absolutely key to this business and a reason for their continued success.
• Frequent customer meetings as well as working cross functionally within the business.
• Delivering and presenting business plans.
• Involvement in NPD and commercial projects planned for the near future.

More details on the business:

• An ambitious manufacturer with tangible success and growth supplying all the major multiples and other channels.
• An inclusive and progressive mindset with a culture that really does focus on the team and understanding that we all have a life outside of work.
• Innovation and creativity in their chosen category have been mentioned above; this and their attention to quality has awarded them a strong reputation in the industry.
• Strategically focussed on growth the future will involve projects, product innovation, and new customer channels.

You will need the following experience in your background:

• Experienced at Account or National Account Manager in the FMCG or food sector.
• Skilled negotiator with outstanding communication and presentation skills.
• Interest in food.
• Strong understanding of the need to understand the category in detail with exceptional market awareness.
• Commercially and financially astute, numerically adept.
• FMCG of food industry background essential.

Is this your new role in 2025?  For more information on this commercial manager role, please send your cv to Colette in the Novus Team.