Regional Business Manager

Homebased, Full time, Permanent

With a wide portfolio of brands and a presence in more than 95% of British households, Premier Foods is one of the top 3 ambient food suppliers in the UK with brands like Mr Kipling and Cadbury cakes, FUEL10K Granolas or Sharwood's and The Spice Tailor cooking sauces. We're on a mission to bring our brands to international markets. This story is one of high growth, interesting challenges, and an enormous opportunity ahead of us.

As our next Regional Business Manager (DACH), you'll be leading the charge in driving business growth in the region. You will be instrumental in delivering compelling plans and arguments to support our goals. Your remit will be to deliver sales spend and profit targets ensuring your numbers and forecasts align with company objectives. Due to international expansion, this is a newly created role and crucial to our success in the DACH markets.

The Role:

• Working with a team of dedicated professionals, you'll be driving the business strategy in the DACH cluster (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) across both existing (World Food) and new categories (e.g. Breakfast).
• Your remit is to manage and grow existing in-market distributors and establish new relationships.
• You will be responsible for prioritising opportunities amongst your markets, customers and brands.
• Your day-to-day activities will include developing joint annual plans with your customers, tracking progress against the plan, and ensuring pricing structures are implemented correctly and on time.
• Responsible for all systems, processes and housekeeping related to your customers, you will contribute to the wider team success with input into the European strategy and execution.

Key Requirements:

• Must have direct experience of managing distributors.
• Must be able to speak fluent German.
• Strong understanding of the German market.
• Demonstrable 5Y+ experience in Sales / Account Management / Business development in branded FMCG businesses (will not consider outside of FMCG).
• Able to work independently (with support of the wider team and access to a best-in-class training program).
• Financial understanding including assessing value chains.
• Numbers tracking on Excel.
• At ease with sales data analysis and systems.
• Ability to travel to Germany, Austria and Switzerland on a monthly to bimonthly basis.

Desirable:

• Experience of the Austrian and Swiss market.

The Benefits and Perks:

• Bonus.
• Company Car Allowance.
• Company Pension.
• Hybrid working.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Sharesave Scheme.
• Subsidised canteen on site.
• The Hamper - our employee discount platform.
• Comfortable, modern offices, designed with collaboration in mind and colleague well-being.

A great British food company, Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 13 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 you'll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier Foods, we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future 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.