AddressWelcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.
A great opportunity has arisen at Hovis for a National Account Manager - Convenience & Wholesale to join our commercial team in Northern Ireland. You will lead the Convenience and Wholesale channel for all NI and selected GB customer accounts with full P&L responsibility.
The role will be office based with the opportunity to work from home.
This role will manage a number of customers and a wider channel team for both branded, OL and 3rd Party Brands who are enjoying strong growth.
This is an extremely important role for the Hovis (Ireland) business and will be a great opportunity for the right person to develop their career in FMCG.
The Role:
To enable Hovis to deliver on its vision of delivering the best quality product every day, enabling growth in a sustainable way and creating superior value for its stakeholders.
- Grow sales profitably in the right way, whilst building Hovis credibility and customer relationships
- Total management for all NI and selected GB customer accounts with P&L management.
- Line Management responsibility.
- This role will manage a number of customers and a wider channel team for both branded, OL and 3rd Party Brands who are enjoying strong growth.
- This is an extremely important role for the Hovis (Ireland) business and will be a great opportunity for the right person to develop their career in FMCG.
Ideal Experiences / Qualifications / Capabilities:
Essential:
- Educated to degree level
- Grocery / Convenience management in classic FMCG
- Line Management experience
- Commercial acumen; analytical - Excel / PowerPoint
- Ability to build relationships internally and externally
- Proven successes – result orientated
- Negotiation experience
- Strong prioritisation and organisational skills
- Eager to develop your career
- Understanding own personal style and ability to flex
- Demonstration of value-adding activity
- Demonstration of taking ownership of the agenda and making it happen
Desirable:
- Branded and OL experience
- Strategic approach
- Leadership skills
Why work for us and our benefits:
At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries
There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
We offer three levels of pensions
Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.
