This is a high-profile commercial leadership opportunity with responsibility for one of the business's most strategically important retail customers.
Reporting to the Sales Director – Retail, you will lead the customer strategy across the UK, driving profitable growth, strengthening customer partnerships and delivering the commercial agenda across a complex retail environment.
What will my key accountabilities be?
- Own the overall commercial relationship with a major UK retail customer, acting as the senior point of contact. Develop and deliver the annual customer business plan and commercial strategy.
- Use customer, category and market insight to shape the joint business agenda.
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing customer team.
- Work cross-functionally to ensure excellent execution against customer plans.
- Own customer P&L performance, commercial investment and forecasting.
A great candidate will have:
We are looking for an experienced commercial leader who combines strong customer management skills with genuine strategic and commercial thinking.
You’ll ideally bring:
- Significant experience managing major UK retail customers within FMCG, consumer goods or a related environment.
- A proven track record of delivering profitable customer and category growth.
- Strong commercial negotiation and influencing skills.
- Experience building senior-level customer relationships and strategic partnerships.
- Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong analytical and numerical capability, with the ability to turn insight into action.
- The confidence to operate within a complex, matrix organisation and influence across functions.
- A collaborative, entrepreneurial and solutions-focused mindset.
- The ability to combine strategic thinking with strong commercial execution.
In return for everything you can bring, the business can offer you :
- Car
- Bonus scheme – up to 28%
- Private Medical Insurance
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
This is an opportunity to join a highly successful global consumer business and take ownership of a strategically important customer relationship. You'll have significant autonomy, senior-level visibility and the opportunity to shape the future commercial strategy for a major retail customer, alongside leading and developing a talented team.
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