Food Proposition Manager

Zachary Daniels recruitment are delighted to be supporting this rapidly growing, global retailer in the appointment of a Food Proposition Manager to bring into their trading team.

Food is a huge part of our clients proposition and as the Food Proposition Manager you will be responsible for shaping and developing their various food propositions across their store estate.

Ensuring the offer is optimal and fit for the future through their various trading models from curation of great brands to the various food partnerships they have in place across the business.

What you will be doing:

• Defining what the various food propositions are and under what circumstances they would be deployed including identifying gaps in their offer and providing recommendations for addressing these

• Enhancing the reputation in food through their proposition development and relationships with both brand partners as well as landlords

• Understanding the profitability of the different food propositions they have available in their stores to ensure the business is optimising it's offer in each location

• Using various sources to keep up to date with customer trends and competitor offers to ensure you remain at the forefront of the FTG market. Interpret and use this information to initiate and influence new propositions that will enhance the customer offer.

• Influencing and gaining support from key stakeholders and teams to continue to enhance the food offer, in particular working closely with the Business Development team around existing and potential new partnerships that will enhance the offer in their different locations

• Defining the future coffee and breakfast offer / key day part food solutions including the potential for hot food to unlock this opportunity in more locations including recommendations around which proposition to deploy in each location

• Coaching and supporting workstreams through to completion, ensuring the food vision is delivered

• Ensuring that all change is reviewed, successes are shared, improvements are acted upon and that learnings are carried forward to future propositions

What we are looking for:

• Food service experience is desirable

• A love of food with previous experience either in food buying or category management

• The ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines and with ambiguity

• Strong interpersonal skills, able to build strong relationships and can influence at all levels both internally and with our external partners and landlords

• Exceptional communication skills, written and verbal with the ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences

• Commercially astute; technically savvy and able to operate independently and take accountability

What's on offer:

• Competitive Salary and Car Allowance
• Hybrid Working Model from home and in the office

• 4pm Friday Finish

• Flexible Working

• 25 Days holiday, plus your Birthday off, plus Bank Holidays with an opportunity to buy extra days holiday

• Family Friendly Leave

• Pension Scheme

• Sharesave Scheme

• Annual Bonus based on company and personal performance

• Private Medical

• Staff Discount Card for stores and online

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