Company description:

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country. Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 94% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and potential colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

Job description:

We are looking for a Commercial Planning Manager to join our dynamic team working across High Street Discounters. This is a central commercial leadership role, primarily focused on unlocking the identified strategic growth priority of the High Street Discounters (HSD) channel. You will have accountability across all Grocery and Sweet Treats categories, business partnering the Customer Director (Discounters), relevant Account Managers, Marketing teams and across the broader supply chain (Demand planning / FGM’s etc) to fundamentally lead and support the business to achieve its blend of internal and external Channel specific objectives including Turnover, Profit, Innovation, and market share for the HSD Channel.

The role

To excel in this role, you'll need to be a proactive individual with strong priority setting skills. This role requires someone who is highly analytical and can explain complexity with simplicity. For this role, we're really keen to bring in someone who is a strategic thinker with sharp commercial awareness. This role would suit someone who is a confident communicator at all levels.

The Key Requirements...

• Responsible for working cross functionally with all Commercial teams to develop brand & channel strategies to deliver budgeted sales, profit and NPD targets
• Develop, agree, drive execution of promotional strategy and guidelines across all brands for the HSD channel.
• Improve promotional return on investment for brands category
• Analyse and review business forecast & key issues in business planning process influencing Customer teams to drive outperformance.
• Design of pack, price & promotional architecture specific to the HSD channel
• Accountable for the commercialisation of Channel relevant NPD including pricing, promotional support and ensuring execution through the sales team achieving objectives
• Ensure Sales and Customer strategies are integrated into brand plans by influencing Brand Directors.
• Accountable for creating the sell stories / decks for NPD for the HSD channel (not writing every page but ensuring it meets the needs of the business)

Here at Premier Foods, our mission is to respect and encourage one another. Our shared values are the DNA of our business and act as our moral compass helping guide us in the way we do things. We are a leading Food manufacturing business, and our goal is to double our turnover by 2030.

The Benefits and Perks...

• Bonus
• Company Car Allowance
• Company Pension
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Hybrid working
• Private Medical Insurance