Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast-growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure, and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don't compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient, and positive because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration, and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.
Why join our team? The pladis sales team is at the heart of our business. We encourage entrepreneurship, and we really do deliver on career development. Our culture is one of thinking big, acting fast, and we are winning.
We are crafting the FMCG landscape by being innovative, finding solutions, and working with our customers to help grow their businesses, and we are certainly thriving on it! We are a dynamic sales force, that is big enough to allow you to build your own opportunities yet small enough for your individual contribution to really stand out. It is the perfect size for us to individually make a significant contribution to pladis' success.
What will this role achieve? Reporting into the Business Account Manager, the Business Development Manager will be responsible for the delivery and growth plans for our Waitrose & Booths accounts. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a fast-paced yet rewarding team servicing our premium clients.
Working Pattern: Chiswick Park -> Fully Remote. Employees are not expected in the office on any specific days, but Chiswick is their contractual place of work, and they're required to self-travel into the office for meetings whenever vital. What will be your key deliverables? The Business Development Manager will have full ownership of the P&L and commercial relationships in Booths worth c.£1m Net Sales per annum.Confer and agree the Booths annual JBP with monthly tracking and communication internally and with the customer ensuring there is a recovery plan if supervising off plan.Working cross-functionally with NRM, Shopper Marketing, and Demand Planners to achieve budget on Booths.Ensuring all customer promotional plan and administration is completed on time and in full.Own the sales forecast and ensure the forecast accuracy is met to business targets.Support the Waitrose account manager in maintaining an up-to-date promotional plan and inputting this into the Sales Planner system.Proactive management of Waitrose's Shipper process including item design/creation, pladis Supply Chain liaison, and weekly contact with DS Smith.Waitrose Portal – Ownership of submitting all promotions and shippers onto the Waitrose portal & setting up new listings.Support the Waitrose Account Manager in monthly internal forecast review meetings.Promotional evaluations, attending forecast review meetings & ownership of inputting weekly alignments.Bring your experience Experience in a customer-facing role within FMCG.Working autonomously and as part of a team towards business set targets.Strong problem-solving and solution-oriented.Logical mind and eye strong for detail.Good financial and commercial ability.Field sales experience.Branded experience (as opposed to Retailer Brand).Our Purpose Bring happiness with every bite. It's a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we're all unique, we also share the same values.
Our Values Purpose led – We're energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.Agile – We're ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers.Positive – We're highly motivated, optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better.Resilient – We're persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward.Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together.pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we're a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that's as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
About Uspladis is one of the world's fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie's, GODIVA, and Ülker. pladis also owns regional brands Jacob's, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more products across sweet and savoury biscuits, wafer, cake and chocolate.
Formed in 2016, pladis is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 16,000-strong global workforce spans 27 bakeries across 11 countries and is united by our purpose: to 'bring happiness with every bite'.
As a responsible business delivering the highest quality products and exceptional service, pladis' products have the potential to reach more than four billion people across the world.
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