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Commercial Controller - Tesco
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Commercial Controller (Tesco Desserts)
Location: Fitzroy Place, London / Newark with Hybrid Working
Business Area: Commercial
Contract Type: 12 month - FTC
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm
Why join us?
We're a family and that's what families do. We champion each other, support each other and help each other to grow and improve. A place of safety, stability and belonging, we put a protective arm around everyone and, when we see talent or potential, we give it a leg up. Finding ways for everyone, whatever their circumstances or background, to develop, progress and become the best they can be.
About the role
We're proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented Commercial Controller with plenty of support and opportunity. And empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too.
In this busy and exciting role, you will be responsible for creation, development and implementation of Tesco Desserts strategic account plans within the customer teams to drive profitable growth for Bakkavor Group and Tesco - whilst ensuring plans align to overarching the Bakkavor Tesco Customer strategy.
Role Accountabilities
Customer Relationship
- Owns day to day Tesco retailer relationship with clear responsibility across the Desserts & ISB Category from Buyer to Trading Manager level & other key retail contacts (supply chain, NPD) building long term collaborative relationships
- Highly commercially astute and leverages insights to improve and develop customer relationship, internal relationships within Commercial & wider Bakkavor team
- Responsible for achievement of Bakkavor & Tescos key KPIs
- Leads communication across the NWT re Account projects and activity
- Brings to life the Bakkavor values in terms of how we do business
- Development & delivery of commercial strategy to leverage profitable growth
- In conjunction with overarching customer / group strategy, creates, develops and implementation of the Tesco Account Plan/ Strategy across the Customer function, leveraging insights, cross functional alignment to generate a commercial advantage
- Sets clear objectives / parameters to manage the account, driving specific actions / BV / retailer priorities to generate a commercial benefit
- In conjunction with HOC, extends Account Plan to 3-year Category Vision plan with clear profitable growth plans for Bakkavor & Customer
- Responsible for Commercial adherence within the account to the NPD process - ensuring all NPD / EPD follows correct commercial sign off etc/ procedure ahead of launch
- Responsible for AITB & sign off in conjunction with Commercial Finance teams.
- Responsible for customer NPD quote sheets & supports Commercial Managers in event of escalation
- Develops Strategic thinking & presents NPD propositions to customers. Supports Commercial Managers in proposition development & selling strategic and negotiation tactics
- Attends / supports Commercial Manager in relevant site development meeting.
- Commercially responsible for accuracy of account NPD product database - tracking NPD costing position from concept to launch, along with performance post launch v costing
- Accountable for Commercial PLR summary pack & key actions implementation -Bakkavor & Customer KPIs
- Detailed understanding and make up of end-to-end cost
- Managed cross functional workstream to generate end to end plan with clear measure in place to understand delivery to date and onward plan
- Responsible for accurate implementation of retail cost models within account
- Owns category margin improvement plan with clear targets and proactive management
- Beacon of best practise, sharing learnings & experience across Bakkavor
- Full understanding & detailed knowledge of relevant category including market performance, competitor dynamics and key metrics. Key abreast of key trends and impact they will have on relevant category
- Leads internal NWT in generate monthly commercial performance report driving insight into action to achieve category goals
- Customer Category champion- always abreast of shopper behaviour, U&O and key market trends
- Responsible for the RF Sales & Margin of Account with corrective action plans to deliver robust performance for Bakkavor &Customer
- Responsible for account forecast & communication of key changes in demand / performance ensuring team completes reforecast to improve overall account forecast accuracy
- Customer champion in S&OP -overseas team pack development and performance
- Responsible for communication of all key product changes to the business (price changes / case size / promo/ launch / delist /amends) & adherence to relevant sector method of communication & ensures complete accuracy and timeliness of changes across all platforms
- Generation of monthly reporting for BV and customer with clear action plan
- Sign off promotional scoping , along with internal and customer set up
- Analysis and communicates impact of promotional performance & make recommendations for future mechanics
- Inspire, motivate and lead team through encouraging collaboration, innovation by ensuring an open and inclusive culture
- Be a beacon of Better Behaviour, Better Bakkavor
- Active & engaged member of the Commercial Customer family
- Ensure all team member have 5 Live Objectives
- Encourage and engage in effective feedback promoting a balanced and constructive culture. Ensure each team member has a clear PDDs with regular review to drive personal improvement / address any development needs
- Considerable experience in Customer / Commercial Management within FPF or across retail sector at a Senior Buyer level
- Effective communication, leadership and project management skills
- Analytical, KPI and understand how to drive performance to achieve desired results
- Leads & builds trusting relationships through proactive engaging team work, influencing key stakeholders through the Bakkavor values
- Inspirational People Manager focused on coaching & develop a strong and high effective team
- Dynamic, agile & innovative in approach
- Highly capable in use of category management & ensure team embraces principles to deliver commercial benefit
- Leads customer end to end process driving profitable benefit for Bakkavor & customer
- Highly Resilient, adaptable to change, challenge norms
- Expert in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word
- Self-starter, leader, team player, adding value beyond requirements of job description
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
You'll enjoy:
- Life Assurance (2.5 x salary)
- Short Term Bonus Scheme
- 25 days holiday
- Staff Shop
- Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- MyBargains Discount Platform
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Free Independent Mortgage Advice
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A Range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
- Discounted tutoring for children
- Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
- Private Medical Insurance (employee & family cover)
- Cash allowance (car)
- Free Carparking
Proud to be Bakkavor
We're the biggest name you've never heard of. You've probably eaten our food. You just didn't realise it. Because as global leaders in the fresh prepared food industry, we create innovative products, including meals, soups, dips, salads, desserts, pizzas and breads for our customers in the UK, US and China. We're ambitious. We're full of ideas and we're ready for more people to join us who share our passion for quality - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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Senior Category Manager Tesco - Grenade

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**Are you ready to seize your next opportunity at Grenade?**
Grenade is an international active nutrition and lifestyle brand, which has grown rapidly since its launch in 2010. Driven by its strong branding, distinctive products, and highly innovative approach, Grenade has made an explosive impact in the FMCG Industry.
We're looking for a Senior Category Manager to take the lead on our Tesco account, working closely with our Head of Commercial Planning & Execution and the wider commercial, category and customer marketing team to develop and shape the category strategy for our biggest customer. This role has x2 direct reports (Category Managers) who work on our Wholesale and Convenience channel and Asda & Morrisons accounts, meaning this role will have wide scope for strategic overview and coaching across our key channels. You will bring an analytical and data driven mindset, with the ability to deep dive into data to make the right recommendations for your customer and Grenade.
You'll have strong relationship building skills to form world class relationships with our biggest customers to cement our position as category leaders. Additionally, you'll have the ability to adapt to changing market conditions & business needs as well as lead, develop and coach direct reports and wider team members.
Joining Grenade's high-performing team, during this period of growth and brand expansion, promises to offer a unique and motivating working environment, with highly rewarding opportunities for personal and professional development.
**How you will contribute**
+ Act as the primary category partner for Tesco, leading joint business planning with a fact-based, insight-led approach.
+ Utilise shopper data to build and deliver compelling category stories that unlock growth opportunities for both Tesco and our portfolio.
+ Shape the range and space of the HBW category in collaboration with Tesco, influencing key decisions across categories.
+ Partner closely with the commercial and customer marketing teams to ensure recommendations align with wider business objectives.
+ Support in the creation of a high-performance culture focused on insight-led selling, customer influence, and execution excellence.
**What you will bring**
+ Confident turning large data sets into actionable insights to drive growth across the category.
+ Confident building a strategy from concept to delivery with proven results and learnings.
+ Be commercially aware of how your decisions and recommendations impact the Grenade and customer P&L.
+ Work collaboratively and take a leadership role within the commercial team, forming close relationships with SNAM and Customer Marketing Team.
+ Strong leadership skills, ability to motivate and coach a team - Proactively identifies ways for continuous improvement.
+ Strong project management, collaboration and communication skills.
**Additional skills/experience**
+ Experience in FMCG category management - essential.
+ Direct experience with Tesco - preferred.
+ Previous management of top performing grocery accounts required
+ People management experience essential
+ Confident user of Nielsen, Circana, Kantar and other shopper/market data sources.
+ Advanced excel skills
+ Power BI skills
**Relocation Support Available?**
**Business Unit Summary**
**We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!**
**_Our people make all the difference in our succes_**
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
**Excited to grow your career?**
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
**IF YOU REQUIRE SUPPORT TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION OR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, PLEASE CONTACT THE RECRUITER**
**Job Type**
Regular
Category Planning & Activation
Sales
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands - both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum
Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.
Join us and Make It An Opportunity!
Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.
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