Job Specifications
The Ideal Candidate
Experience managing national grocery accounts
P&L management and JBP experience
Excellent communication skills to develop and manage several key buying relationships
A flexible, can-do attitude with the willingness to work closely with others within a small team; a real self-starter
The energy to work within a rapidly growing business that is constantly evolving and growing
A true entrepreneur with a passion for food
About Us
itsu is the healthy eating, Asian inspired quick service retail & grocery brand with over 70 stores in the UK and a leading grocery business across Europe and beyond. Renowned for its best-in-class food made fresh in every shop every day, itsu has huge global ambitions with a commitment to continue to open many more stores and intensify the growth of its already thriving grocery arm. With its best-is-class healthy food, latest technology, innovation, and talented workforce, itsu is the future of fast food.
itsu [grocery], which this role falls under, takes the itsu brand into supermarkets, health food stores, online, wholesale and internationally with products such as crispy seaweed thins, frozen gyoza & bao, brilliant’broth, rice’noodles & miso’easy to name a few…
D&I Statement
itsu [grocery] is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply for all of our opportunities.
When applying for a role with us, please remove your: full name, name of University/School, address, email address and any photos of you on your CV and covering letter. non-anonymised CVs may not be reviewed.
Scope Of The Role
Sales strategy: lead the development of the UK commercial strategy for cups to engage retailers across grocery, convenience, and food service to land the long term sales ambition for the noodle pots project.
Commercial delivery: implement the commercial strategy for new and existing cups product ranges across all existing UK grocery, convenience, (Tesco, JS, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, & Co-op) and including full account management responsibility across promotions and trade investment.
New business: Identify and land new business in key opportunity channels for cups, including travel (airline, trains), convenience, contract catering (offices), and universities.
Internal stakeholder management: Work cross functionally across the Sales team, Market Strategy & Planning (to ensure trade investment efficiency), with the marketing team to support trade activation in store and online, and the supply chain team to ensure excellent service. Monday numbers, M2s, category meetings on Thursdays, invoice meetings, RGM monthly and monthly sales meetings.
Budget management: manage trade investment to ensure the noodle pots project is delivering a strong ROI across sales channels.
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About the Company
We are itsu, the leading Asian-inspired quick-service restaurant and grocery brand with over 80 restaurants across the UK, Belgium, and France, and a growing wholesale business across Europe and beyond.
We’ve been serving nutritious, Asian-inspired food with respect, precision & passion since 1997. In addition to our restaurants, our itsu [grocery] team develop unique Asian-inspired dishes and ingredients for all major supermarkets across ambient, chilled & frozen.
Together we are determined to keep innovating, to keep la...
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