Commercial Manager, Retail

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Stonegate Group, Chippenham, Wiltshire

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

Posted today, 16 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 73d5074cb6df401d86665242a9e7268b

Stonegate Group

Full Job Description

Deliver to a customer centric experience against the pre-agreed strategy, working alongside a range of major UK supermarket retailers with both branded and own-brand products.
Building customer and internal relationships to achieve common goals.
Proactive identification of new business opportunities within the customer(s)
Delivering profitable growth for the account(s) over a sustained period
Accountable for ensuring commercial negotiations are aligned to strategic objectives.
Balance the customer requirements with those of the business to ensure both parties are maximising the relationship, including planning and coordinating price increases within the customer
Implementing new/ seasonal product launches at customer level
Driving visibility and accessibility of Stonegate products within assigned accounts
Management and development of the sales team
Working in conjunction with other functions (Operations, Technical, HR etc) Ensure the Company is meeting the ESG, Ethical and Customer Code of Practice obligations for each customer.

Able to display our company values: Respect, Aspire, Courage, One Team, Diversity
A confident leader with excellent leadership skills.
Strong interpersonal and communications skills
Ability to influence internal stakeholders in order to achieve common goals
High commercial acumen and numerical ability to facilitate effective decision making and proactive management
Excellent organisation, presentation and project management skills.
Strong stakeholder relationship skills, Extensive, dedicated commercial experience within own label and branded food manufacturing.
Familiar working with short-shelf live products
Knowledge of working with retailers, specifically Waitrose, Sainsburys & M&S
Experience of customer visits, audits and food quality audits such as BRC.
In-depth knowledge of negotiation strategies and risk/value analysis
Excellent understanding of policies and business processes on negotiating deals
Significant and demonstrable experience of negotiating with customers
2 years' experience in a similar role

Stonegate Farmers Ltd currently have an exciting opening for Commercial Manager to join our Head Office team based out of Lacock, Wiltshire. This is a site-based role, working across both our Packing Centre and Egg Innovation Centre. Reporting into our Executive & Managing Directors, you will be responsible for driving growth within our Retail accounts; delivering against agreed KPIs that are both internal and customer focused.