Head Of Foodservice - Hertfordshire is primarily responsible for Commercial Management of the foodservice account including sales, project management, relationship building, pricing, sales analysis and account building.

Key Responsibilities:

* To be the first point of contact for all commercial queries raised by retail account

* Full P/L responsibility for the account

* Drive new opportunities and business growth

* Maintain active working relationships with relevant personnel, provide support and advice where required

* To attend where possible all NPD sessions and be up to date with all projects and discussions concerning the retail account

* Work with the NPD team to produce and manage critical paths for all new products and projects defining timelines and effective lines of responsibility for all tasks

* Work closely with the NPD team to provide support for all presentations and ensure indicative prices and market data are provided as part of the presentation

* Provide key information such as briefs, volumes and timeframes to the commercial team in order or them to provide accurate pricing

* Manage stocks where applicable

* Understand sales forecasts, actual figures and promotional activity

* To liaise with Technical Team to actively manage, assess root cause and close out complaints

* To complete an quarterly reviews of the retail business including sales, profits, new products and future targets

* To carry out product and range reviews to ensure we maintain an accurate database of products relevant to our business used across retail account

* Proactively pursue and develop new business with retail account and other retail and food service customers

* To carry out any other duties commensurate with your role as assigned by the Company Directors