Commercial Executive - Thatcham, United Kingdom - English Provender Company

English Provender Company

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Thatcham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our business has a long and proud history of food excellence.

We produce award-winning dressings, condiments and marinades for many of the UK's leading food manufacturers and retailers as well as nurturing our own brands: English Provender, Very Lazy and Newman's Own.

We believe it's our passion for good food, fine ingredients and technical excellence that sets us apart and gives us our success.

We are looking for 'good eggs' with an appetite for more to join our team to assist us in our mission to produce high quality products that add life and soul to your food.

We're a spirited, adventurous and resourceful team, and we think these qualities make for something pretty unique and coveted these days.

From the mayonnaise and chutneys we create to the management styles and choices we make, everything is guided by our core company values:
Put People First, Be Better Every Day, Bring Positive Energy and Do The Right Thing, The Right Way.

It's these values that make us look forward to coming to work every day and make English Provender company a great place to work.

Every day, we're transforming and challenging ourselves on doing things better - this kind of bold thinking provides unprecedented results.

If you share our passion and want to showcase your talent within our business to create something special - there's only one thing to do: join us adding life and soul to your food__

Our Culture of Accountability, Ownership and Collaboration
We're not afraid to think differently and challenge the norm. We like a challenge and innovation is at the heart of all we do. We embrace new ideas to set ourselves aside from the rest. We empower our people at every level to have ownership of their work.

We want our teams to share the responsibility of the delivery of first-class products and to work in a way that offers sustained success of English Provender Company.

At EPC, you're supported to develop, grow and achieve.

You're expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to act with integrity, and work with excellence at the front of your mind; and in doing so you'll be rewarded.

In whatever role you work in you have the opportunity to leave a mark and be recognised for doing so.

We also recognise that you can't do it alone, and that's fine because you're supported by passionate colleagues along the way, and our collaborative spirit only aids our success and growth.

Factory Overview:

3 shift operation rotating day shift and permanent nights
Approximately 340 staff members
B2B and retail products. 4 bottling lines and 6 B2B vessels and 18 cooking vessels
Produce mayonnaise, pasta sauces, chutneys, salad dressings and pastes

Site History:

EPC Newbury was purchased by the Billington Group in 1997. It had been founded by John and Ann Curwin making Jams, condiments and Chutneys. In 2004 we opened a brand-new purpose-built factory in Newbury. In 2005 we acquired Suffolk foods which was a manufacturer of mayonnaise and sauces. In 2014 we opened a industry leading innovation facility in Newbury - known as 'innovate'.

We also have a small, one line production plant in Newport - named Newport Very Lazy (VL) as they produce our own brand 'Very Lazy' products and we have a larger factory in Newport with cira 180 staff.

Job overview:

We are looking to recruit a tenacious Commercial Executive with potential to develop to Commercial Manager within next 2 years.

This is a 'hands on' role looking after a specific set of customers, reporting into one of our strong team of Commercial Managers, that will give you the opportunity to develop yourself in a fast-paced, results driven environment.

Working alongside the Commercial Manager and Business Unit Controller your role will involve:

Sales & margin for own set of accounts
delivering to plan as set out in budget
Data analysis for sales reporting, forecasting and commercial modelling
Supporting on NPD costings, launches & close liaison on development of new projects
Building strong relationships both internally with key stakeholders and externally, with buyers and supply planners
Supporting Commercial Managers
Key supporting role feeding into our 3 key business processes that drive our business

Responsibilities:

COMMERCIAL

Manage the regular uploading of customer forecast data to support the financial and operational planning for the Business to business Channel
Assess, review, and analyse forecast data internally and with customers to ensure continuous improvement to the process
Support the admin required for new product development including sample submission that may be required from time to time.
Completion of all admin required for new product launches, including event trackers, price uploads, forecasts
Completion of all admin required for product delists including event trackers, forecasts
Communicate effectively within the Commercial Team and wider c