About Musgrave
Musgrave is one of Europe's most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain.
Our Impact
We feed one in three people in Ireland through 15 market leading food and beverage brands that include Super Valu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place.
Supporting Communities
We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
Our Commitment
We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to make sure that happens.
Sustainability
We want to make a positive impact on the world and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.
Our People
Our people are the heart of our business.
As our greatest asset, they make Musgrave a great place to work and in return we aim to be the very best place to work, grow and thrive.
Job Description: Trading Commercial Manager
Role Summary
The Trading Commercial Manager is responsible for developing, implementing and managing pricing strategies to ensure the competitiveness of Centras product range in the market.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead and shape the overall Centra Price Strategy, contributing to the business Value Strategy, ensuring its constant relevance to consumer sentiment and the macro environment.
2. Influence and shape the future Price Policy for Centra by format, modelling outcomes and driving implementation.
3. Work alongside pricing analyst to generate price position and carry out analysis to support reporting of same to key stakeholders.
4. Monitor competitor pricing and trends to identify opportunities and risks (Retail and Wholesale).
5. Engage with our retail partners and work collaboratively to build relationships & improve ways of working with them.
6. Work collaboratively with Trading team to maintain price and ensure governance guardrails are adhered to.
7. Manage any price related campaigns from a Trading perspective, work cross functionally to do so; similarly, when a competitor in the market enacts a price campaign.
8. Work closely with Data Science team & IT to continually improve price process efficiency and enhance price insight.
Requirements
* Must have at least 5 years experience in a commercial role in a retail / FMCG environment with a track record of developing and delivering a commercial strategy and strong results.
* Strong interpersonal, people leadership & stakeholder management skills.
* Experienced in connecting to and working with mid-senior management positions.
* Detail oriented with the ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously.
* Knowledge of the Irish grocery retail industry and dynamics a distinct advantage.
* Technically advanced IT skills- Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Project, Visio and other MS Office tools.
* Strong Planning, Organisation & Presentation Skills.
* Proven commercial acumen and experience of translating consumer insight into innovative and differentiating market leading shopper propositions.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* A logical, methodical approach to problem-solving.
* Structured and independent way of working, including strong issue identification and hypotheses generation skills to mitigate implementation risks.