Customer Business Executive - Free From

Due to an internal promotion, we are seeking a dynamic and results driven customer business executive to join our Free From function. Our Free From function is a market leader of providing delicious, gluten-free products to our customers across the UK and internationally.

We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working hours to accommodate your needs. Additionally, we provide hybrid working options, allowing you to work both remotely and from our office.

At Warburtons Gluten Free, we are proud to be part of the Warburtons family, the largest bakery brand in the UK. The Warburtons family began baking back in 1876, and all these years on, Warburtons still remains a private family-owned business, actively managed by the fifth generation, Jonathan, Ross and Brett.

At Warburtons, we make a huge range of products from bread and rolls to crumpets and thins, all delivered fresh to 18,500 stores every morning from our 18 depots. Our dedicated Gluten Free site now produces over 20 million products annually with ambitions to continue developing and growing the Free From bakery category.

Our purpose as a business is simply to delight families every day with a range of great quality products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes, and this is no different for Warburtons Gluten Free.

As a Customer Business Executive, you will collaborate closely with our manufacturing team at the dedicated gluten-free bakery to ensure accurate forecasting and planning for retail customers. Providing vital information and analysis to support Customer Business Managers in developing trade plans and building effective and sustainable Joint Business Plans (JBP), you will develop effective relationships with both internal and external customers, managing day-to-day supply chain needs and ensuring we have the right flow of product into retail stores nationally.

You will provide real-time customer information and data for collaborative customer forecasting, supporting the execution of and volume associated with customer JBPs. In addition, you will be responsible for managing our pharmacy business and working alongside the broader Free From commercial team, to coordinate our dedicated in store sales team to optimise the activation of Warburtons' in store tactics.

This role is based at our Head Office in Bolton, with travel to various customers across the UK. You will work closely with customer supply chains, building strong relationships both externally and internally. Your analytical insights and presentation support will enable the Senior Customer Business Manager to craft compelling stories that influence customers.

• Relationship Building: Excellent at building relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, with the ability to influence and remain resilient in tough situations.
• Analytical Skills: Proven ability to interpret and evaluate complex data, including category data.
• Communication Skills: Strong communication skills, capable of aligning stakeholders at different levels and from various teams to plans. Excellent influencing abilities.
• Organisational Skills: Effective at managing own time and others' time efficiently.
• IT Proficiency: Competent in spreadsheets and knowledgeable in PowerPoint.
• Full UK Driving License

At last and by no means yeast you will want to know what your breads worth.

• Company Car
• A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share)
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra week's annual leave
• Life assurance
• Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
• Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.