Job description Job Summary Accountability for overseeing the promotional process and timelines – completing the relevant analysis to enable the category teams to deliver effective promotional programmes and “pricing” Fully support the Category Controller (CC’s) in delivering strong promotion plans and “pricing” for our retailers and the consumer, revenue, income and margin Duties PROMOTIONS - Manage the end to end promotion process Co-ordinate the production of the annual promotional plan at the beginning of each year. Outline shape and size of the plan, discuss and agree it with relevant stakeholders with and on behalf of the CD’s (this will be an evolving plan) By promotional period manage the timelines and activities with each stakeholder to ensure the promotional plans are delivered on time and aligned to agreed quality Analysis to measure quality and effectiveness of each promotional period plan and then make recommendations for enhancements, (consider sales revenues, margin, uplift in sales, consumer response and work with teams to incorporate changes for future periods) Make recommendations to the CC’s at each stage of the promotion process, number of offers, depth, match to original plan and request, margin (wholesale and retail) to ensure effectiveness Build on and develop the processes to facilitate effective promotions and pricing working with key stakeholders (for example incorporate SharePoint and review and enhance ways of working) PRICE Manage all system requirements for price and support the category teams to hit price related financial targets; Provide relevant data to develop (with relevant stakeholders) strategy on pricing i.e. who we match, when and any target differential Compare pricing to the market (retail and wholesale to be considered) Identify by exception problem areas and make recommendations at product and category level if necessary System checking and working with IT to identify pricing anomalies and define enhancement. Skills Experience of working in a trading or commercial buying function ideally food retail (products not services) Strong experience of building relationships and managing large stakeholder groups Experience of working in a heavily biased change environment Experience of developing ways of working, processes and working with other teams to identify “solutions Experience of working with IT teams to identify, create specifications and collectively work towards a solution.