Director, Commercial Strategy and Operations

Position Title: Director Commercial Strategy and Operations

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Requisition ID:40141

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

This is a strategic high-impact role at McCain created to accelerate growth and drive commercial excellence across our Retail Foodservice and QSR channels. As Director Commercial Strategy and Operations youll be at the heart of shaping our commercial vision - turning insight and strategy into tangible growth and long-term market leadership.

You will lead and inspire teams influence cross-functional stakeholders and champion innovative approaches to revenue growth and demand planning ensuring McCain continues to deliver exceptional results in a rapidly evolving market.

What youll be doing

• Lead Revenue Growth Management (RGM) strategies to optimise price product promotion placement and channel mix for maximum revenue and profitability
• Design and execute commercial strategies informed by deep market insight and customer understanding including accelerating Commercial One & MCX initiatives
• Oversee demand planning ensuring accurate sales forecasts and alignment between commercial and supply chain teams
• Drive data-led decision-making by tracking KPIs analysing performance and investing in high-ROI growth areas
• Foster collaboration across Sales Marketing Product Finance and Supply Chain to deliver aligned revenue-driving initiatives
• Mentor and develop high-performing teams in RGM commercial operations and analytics
• Manage commercial budgets ensuring resource allocation prioritises initiatives that directly drive growth
• Champion innovation in RGM and demand planning through new tools processes and technologies
• Ensure compliance with corporate standards policies and industry regulations

What youll need to be successful.

• Proven experience in commercial strategy revenue management operations or a closely related discipline operating at a Director Head of Controller level already.
• Proven experience operating within a large-scale FMCG environment
• Demonstrated success in revenue growth management pricing and promotional strategy
• Strong analytical and financial modelling skills with the ability to translate data into commercial decisions
• Proficiency with RGM tools forecasting platforms and commercial analytics
• Exceptional leadership stakeholder management and change management capabilities
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience influencing cross-functional and global teams

Benefits of the role.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods youll be pleased to know we dont pay you in chips. For working hard youll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

• A generous Car Allowance
• An achievable yearly bonus based on personal performance.
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Chips In Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness resilience and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. Were big believers in the power of working together in personit helps us stay connected collaborate more effectively and grow as a team. At the same time we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model with the option to work remotely for about half of your working time. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

About the team.

Youll be part of the wider Commercial function sitting at the heart of decision-making across Retail Foodservice and QSR. The RGM team acts as a strategic partner to Sales Marketing Finance and Category providing insight challenge and direction to drive profitable growth. This role is central to embedding best-in-class RGM capability across the business and elevating how we use data to make smarter commercial decisions.

About McCain.

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles.

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us knowand we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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