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Head of Grocery and Highstreet
London UK
Hybrid Working

Attractive salary & benefits

Lets Talk About You
Youre ambitious but you want a career with purposewe love that. Youre up for a challenge and ready to write the next chapter of your career story with a great group of encouraging colleagues. You want to make your mark and let your personality shine.

We are looking for an experienced Professional to join Edgewell Personal Care a global consumer goods business with a portfolio of over 25 brands (Wilkinson Sword Schick Hawaiian Tropic Carefree Bulldog Skincare for Men Jack Black and recently acquired Cremo Grooming just to name a few!).

Now Lets Get Down to Business

This senior commercial leadership role is responsible for driving Excellent Execution Market Share Gains & P&L growth across the Grocery and Highstreet channels. The Head of Grocery and Highstreet will lead a high-performing team and be accountable for delivering commercial success across both branded and private label portfolios. As a member of the UK & Ireland Sales Leadership Team the role will contribute strategically to the broader commercial agenda and foster cross-functional collaboration.

A proven ability to deliver significant positive range review results leading to market share turnaround and substantial share gains is essential to this role. Strong commercial acumen team leadership and strategic focus are critical to this position.

Heres a sample of what youll get up to:

Commercial Strategy & Execution

Develop and execute channel strategies to deliver Volume Net Sales and Profit targets

Deliver market share gains and ensure excellent execution first time across all key customers and formats

Lead Joint Business Planning (JBP) and negotiations with key customers

Ensure world-class in-store execution and promotional effectiveness

Lead the setting tracking and delivery of the in-month financial target

Deliver format-specific strategy execution and performanceparticularly focused on winning convenience and trial & travel formats

Team Leadership

Lead coach and develop a team of 11 (5- Directs)

Set clear goals manage performance and build succession plans

Coaching and Sales Capability Development

Customer Development

Build multi-level relationships with major Grocery and Highstreet customers

Drive customer engagement and secure buy-in to strategic growth plans

Forecasting & Planning

Deliver accurate sales forecasts and collaborate with Demand Planning and Brand teams

Ensure alignment with Integrated Business Planning processes

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with Marketing Finance Customer Services Demand Planning and Shopper Marketing

Champion cross-functional initiatives to improve commercial outcomes

Are You Ready to Show Us What Youve Got

While your experience is of course important were all about making useful things joyful so we love when our prospective candidates are passionate about this too.

Heres what we are looking for:

Proven leadership experience in FMCG within multiple channels ideally within Grocery and Highstreet

Proven track record of managing and delivering e-Retail (pure play & .com)

Strong understanding of branded and private label dynamics

University degree or equivalent in a commercial-related field

Excellent negotiation influencing and strategic planning skills

Strong commercial acumen and financial literacy

Experience managing distributor relationships (Ireland advantageous)

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel PowerPoint Outlook PowerBI)

Leadership & Commercial Competencies

Team Leadership & Development

Strategic Thinking & Execution

Commercial Delivery & Negotiation Excellent Execution Market Performance & P&L delivery

Change Management & Growth Mindset

Stakeholder Engagement & Influence

Key Stakeholders

Internal: General Manager Sales Director Marketing Demand Planning Finance Customer Services Shopper Marketing Category Management

External: Grocery & Highstreet customers distributors agencies

Functional Leadership: Member of UK & Ireland Sales Leadership Team

Work Environment

Hybrid working model minimum 2 days / week in office Tue & Wed (Great Portland Street London)

Travel required across UK & Ireland

Occasional work outside standard business hours

What we offer

Competitive salary Hybrid working possible bonus car allowance employee assistance programme life assurance discounted Edgewell branded products core working hours 25 days annual leave free beverage & snacks sports & social club membership casual smart dress code and a great boss!

Now take the nest step

If youre looking forward to progressing your career with us then were looking forward to hearing from you. Please email an up-to-date CV in English along with your salary expectations. Alternatively feel free to pass onto your teammates who may be interested. For information about this great company visit .

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Edgewell is an equal opportunity employer. We do all we can to create a collaborative and diverse global team where good ideas can thrive and our colleagues can learn and lead. We prohibit discrimination based on age color disability marital or parental status national origin race religion sex sexual orientation gender identity veteran status or any legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. We listen deeply and speak directly to create an environment thats open to difference. We aim to bring joy to not only the products we create and the people we serve but our colleagues across the globe too.