Business Unit Controller - #188777

Role: Business Unit Controller

Type: Permanent

Location: Huntingdon

Salary: Competitive

About Us

We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do.

We have multi-category expertise with a focus on quality and innovation. We deliver what customers need and consumers want with expert taste and growth mindset.

Our business began with meat, and we've developed a market-leading expertise with unmatched quality globally. We’re always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a professional and experienced Business Unit Controller to lead and develop strategy to deliver long-term sustainable growth with existing retail partners whilst also optimizing new customers and channels for growth.

Key responsibilities as a Business Unit Controller will be to:

• Manage the team interface with customers to create and maintain an enduring relationship and ensure the positive development of the category.
• Identify and go after new business opportunities across the UK market
• Develop and implement long-term strategic plans in collaboration with customers to deliver volume growth and optimal market performance.
• Lead, manage, and develop your Commercial team to ensure engagement and have the capability to effectively perform their roles and quickly respond to changes in market and business requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the NPD Director and wider team to ensure targeted first to market innovation and existing product development to align with consumer trends and customer needs.
• Work collaboratively with the Head of Category Insight and wider team to keep up to date with customer and consumer trends and market performance metrics to inform the Commercial and NPD strategy.
• Develop, plan, execute and monitor effective promotional schemes via the team to generate maximum category volume and profitability.
• Negotiate prices with both customers and suppliers, including promotional pricing and new product development costings.
• Lead and manage through the team all elements of account administration including forecasting, cost price confirmations, new line forms and promotional activity.
• Provide regular analytics and reporting to monitor product performance and make recommendations for the implementation of remedial action as required.
  
  

Required experience/expertise to succeed as a Business Unit Controller will include:

• Strong experience in a product or category management role, ideally with one of the four big retailers.
• Solid, proven experience of negotiating prices and agreements.
• Demonstrable experience of successful internal and external stakeholder relationship management.
• Proven leadership capability with a track record of successfully leading commercial teams.
• Working knowledge of category management tools and the ability to turn insight into actions.
• Practical understanding of business accounting and forecasting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to sell in a compelling way.
• Ability to build strong working relationships and influence at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Ability to spot emerging trends and initiatives within the food market.
• Ability to lead, manage and develop a team to secure their engagement and deliver high performance.
• Sound understanding of business drivers with the ability to identify technical opportunities to achieve those drivers.
• Ability to gather and analyse data to identify opportunities and potential risks.
• Strong commercial acumen.
  
  

What You Get In Return

Aviva DigiCare+

Great package with competitive holiday allowance

Life assurance of minimum two times yearly salary

Opportunities for development and internal promotion

Cycle to work scheme

Share Save scheme

Variety of discounts at well-known retails and gyms

Free car parking on site

Subsidised canteen

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity

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