Commercial Executive (Hybrid) London Based French Wine Producer

Key Functions

• To be the UK based link between our administration teams in France and external partners to ensure smooth communication between all parties.
• Understand and being the “go to” expert in customer web based portals.
• Assisting the French technical teams to ensure that all customer portals are proactively up to date and correct.
• Work with the account managers on key tasks including;
• Account forecasting process using knowledge of the customer and promotional patterns to accurately support the needs of the business.
• Range reviews and customer tenders
• Review the performance of all existing products and NPD within each retailer’s range against an agreed set of KPI’s.
• Research and aid in the preparation of presentations for customer meetings.
• Liaise closely with our external partner teams to ensure smooth communication between them and our customers.
• Provision of financial sales & budgetary figures. Creation and management of budgetary data to enable the commercial team to develop support packages.
• To support our customers in the administration of the ranges and to manage our systems and processes;
• Manage all sample requests from start to finish
• Be key point of contact for customer administration team to answer day to day queries of the account.
• To provide monthly reports to account teams Update actual sales vs forecast sales every month and keep the account managers aware of any major over / under performances.
• There will also be a degree of consumer interaction. Such as
• Assisting in UK consumer research program
• From time to time there will be a need to attend customer/ consumer tastings.
• There also be a need to build relationships with the UK trade press to ensure our products are featured regularly where appropriate.

Knowledge / Experience / Skills required:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office packages specifically Excel & PowerPoint
• Good organisational skills and able work to tight deadlines
• Able to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Proficiency in written and spoken French (preferable but but not compulsory)
• Good Communication skills – both verbal and written
• Ideally have experience in FMCG sector
• Strong passion for wine & interest in developing wine knowledge
• Minimum A Level or equivalent education
• WSET level 2 – 3 an advantage

Remuneration: Base Salary £27 – £30k per annum plus benefits…

Reporting to: UK Director

Full Time Role based in West London with some flexibility to WFH