Assignments

This private equity backed food producer is experiencing positive year on year growth. With 40% of sales coming from international markets the time has come to introduce an International Commercial Manager to maximise sales opportunities in European Markets.

• To grow volume and penetration and profit in European markets
• Drive the existing markets through management of the in market commercial teams
• Build and implement commercial strategies. Specific customer plans and channel strategies
• Identify product renovation and innovation opportunities
• Deliver P&L targets

• Commercially nimble with a good understanding of FMCG marketing
• Strategic thinker
• Practical business sense
• Ability to multi task. Jump from one market with a specific set of challenges and then move onto another market where a different set of challenges need to be addressed
• Ability to “work through others”
• Ability to influence from a distance
• Significant experience of working at increasingly senior commercial roles in FMCG
• International experience with ideally exposure to multi-cultural environments
• Experience at managing third parties and can demonstrate success working through in-market partners
• Excellent project management skills
• This role will involve a significant amount of international travel.