Grocery Controller UK & Ireland

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Grocery Controller UK & Ireland
London (Hybrid minimum 2 days per week in office: Tuesday & Wednesday)

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. Well if youre interested in the Grocery Controller role this might be your next step! We are looking for an experienced Sales 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 is a highimpact commercial leadership role with full ownership of the Grocery channel and a mandate to outperform the market.
Youll lead the endtoend commercial agendasetting strategy owning results and driving transformational growth across some of the UKs most important grocery customers. This is a role for a confident decisive sales leader who thrives in complex environments enjoys negotiating at senior level and knows how to turn strategy into execution.
If youre energised by growth accountability and leading teams to win this role puts you firmly in the drivers seat.

Heres what youll get up to:

Commercial Performance & Growth

Own the Grocery P&L and deliver sales FP and contribution targets
Drive incremental growth through disciplined commercial execution
Lead JBPs and seniorlevel negotiations
Own KPIs across volume profit share pricing and instore execution

Customer Leadership

Own senior relationships across all Grocery customers
Deliver clear growthdriving account strategies
Elevate Edgewell brands at customer leadership level

Forecasting & Planning

Own forecasting P&L planning and annual submissions
Drive IBP discipline and forecast accuracy
Align Sales Demand Planning and Brand teams

Team & Talent Leadership

Lead and develop a highperforming Grocery team
Build capability succession and accountability
Drive crossfunctional execution and continuous improvement

What Success Looks Like

Growth ahead of market
Trusted senior customer partnerships
Strong commercial discipline and forecasting accuracy
A confident team delivering results

Are You Ready to Show Us What Youve Got
Were looking for an someone with significant experience ideally gained within an FMCG or Cosmetics business. 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.

What were looking for:

Senior Grocery / FMCG sales leadership experience within a multinational environment
Proven track record of driving growth leading JBPs and negotiating at scale
Strong commercial judgement and decisionmaking under pressure
Credible leadership presence with the ability to influence at all levels
Experience leading and developing sales teams
Health & Beauty category exposure desirable
Strong analytical capability and advanced Excel / PowerPoint skills
Commercial delivery & negotiation
Strategic planning and execution
Influencing and stakeholder management
Change leadership and growth mindset

Working Relationships

Reports to Head of Sales North West Europe
Direct leadership of 5 senior team members (total team circa 20)
Close partnership with Finance Marketing Demand Planning and ECB teams
Regular engagement with major customers and agency partners

Why Edgewell
Edgewell Personal Care is a global FMCG business with over 25 brands including Wilkinson Sword Schick Hawaiian Tropic Carefree Bulldog Jack Black and Cremo Grooming.
Youll join a business that values collaboration pace accountability and ambition with the opportunity to make a visible impact and shape the future of the Grocery channel.

What We Offer

Competitive salary and bonus
Hybrid working (2 days in office)
Responsible leave
Life assurance & employee assistance programme
Discounted Edgewell products
Sports & social club free refreshments and casual smart dress code
A supportive highperforming leadership culture

Ready to Make Your Mark
If youre a commercially driven sales leader ready to step into a role with real ownership and influence wed love to hear from you.
Please submit an uptodate CV (English) along with salary expectations.

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