Job Description

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, resilientand positiveto succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaborationand 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

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• Senior analyst role with line management responsibility, managing the commercial modelling and delivery of budgeted P&Ls for defined brands within the McVitie's portfolio.
• Supporting the Head of Commercial Operations RG&P Controller through ensuring execution of the marketing plan through the sales team tracking delivery vs budget and recommending corrective action where necessary.
• Highly cross functional and influential role: The right candidate will utilise periodic forums to influence the sales team to deliver McVitie's objectives and ensure they are fully equipped to do so through clear communication and provision of selling tools.
• Support the Head of Commercia Operations RG&P Controller, the candidate will also develop strategies to increase profitable growth through promotions and pack format strategy.

Requirements:

• Experience of commercial modelling including strong excel, price elasticity understanding, EPOS data, commercial P&Ls
• Strong commercial judgement
• FMCG / Retail experience required
• Line management experience desirable but not mandatory

Specific:

• Accountability for price and promo strategies of defined brands within the McVitie's portfolio ensuring execution on time and in full across all PPA agreed strategies with support from Head of Commercial Operations
• Revenue Growth lead across the team for tracking of NPD execution and delivery vs budgeted execution standards
• Manage the two way communication with sales team via formal account reviews / execution forums and on an adhoc basis as required.
• Track pricing guidelines execution and optimise promo ROI through using developed tools and Sales Planner.
• Work with marketing team to provide commercial perspective / inputs for NPD and brand projects.
• Use pladis reporting suite and ad hoc analysis to identify brand P&L opportunities and challenges and build plans to improve gross profit or course correct
• Utilise account reviews and execution forums to ensure delivery against price and pack architecture strategies and brand objectives
• Lead periodic brand performance reviews to ensure clear understanding of performance drivers by brand

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.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.
We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.