Manager - Trade Marketing - Health Food Firm

Trade Marketing Manager - Health Food Company

- Small team with hands-on approach

- Distinguished management team

About the company:

A fast growing health/organic food company .

Purpose of the job :

The Trade Manager (TM) is responsible to lead and develop the national category-specific channel strategy and the related execution plans. Within the defined category s/he is responsible for the delivery of the turnover, market-share targets as well as for the implementation of the perfect store initiatives within the 6P's and for the achievements of the sales fundamentals according to the channel blue print.

The role is responsible for managing trade spends and handles go to market strategies with an objective to drive sales for the food businesses, as well as plan for the launches of new adjacency categories.

Job Description

- Identify key opportunities for building brand equity & driving commercial results in the on-trade.

- Design, refine, and manage existing and new on-trade execution and activation initiatives and toolkits

- Design and manage joint-business-plans and annual plans for key accounts, working with the commercial team.

- Recommend planograms and product positioning for our portfolio based on analytical insights.

The Successful Applicant:

- At least 4+ years of professional experience in roles involving the on-trade.

- Strong familiarity and understanding of on-trade accounts, as well as how suppliers work with them.

- Strong inter-personal relationship and communication to collaborate with internal & external stakeholders to identify business needs & opportunities.

- Analytical with proven experience in gathering data, performing analysis, and developing in-depth insights/recommendations.

- Strong sense of responsibility, takes ownership, self-starter and proactive attitude.

- Proficient in excel with demonstrated ability to analyse data & leverage the insights to design initiatives.

What's on Offer

- Opportunity to develop and manage an On-Trade strategy for an emerging health food company

- Chance to learn in a small team

- Opportunity to work with distinguished management team with proven track record