Assistant Project Manager - Food Academy / Taste of Local
Join Musgrave: Where Innovation Meets Heritage, and People Drive Change
Musgrave is one of the Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 149-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one-in-three people in Ireland through 18 market leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest and Musgrave Market Place. We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve.
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. 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 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. We are inviting applications for an Assistant Project Manager for Food Academy / Taste of Local in the Musgrave Trading team.
Reporting to the Food Academy Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for optimising their contribution to the development of local and Irish producers through Ireland's leading supplier development programme under our sourcing for good pillar as part of our Sustainability objectives. Key responsibilities of the role will include the following but are not limited to:
* Manage, support and respond to a large range of food academy producers on a day-to-day basis.
* Manage and mentor producers to grow sustainably, within a local, central billing or warehouse supply distribution channel.
* Manage introduction of new producers annually to retail trial stores.
* Responsible for performance management and engagement of new producers during a 20-week trial period.
* Weekly reporting analysis of producers' sales by store to ensure optimum sales performance.
* Maintaining an 'Always On Digital' approach to social media across Instagram, Facebook & TikTok across producers & competitors, as well as being able to critique and advise producers on activity required around marketing.
* Support Food Academy Manager as required for training modules during the Food Academy Training programme.
* Liase with Regional Managers, Fresh Food Advisors and Owned Stores sales team to identify underperforming stores and identify sales opportunities.
* Conduct store visits to monitor blockogram implementation and resolve service level or ranging issues where applicable. Re-merchandising layouts if required.
* Manage the change in offer to consumers through blockogram creation twice a year, to ensure an optimum serviced range to stores to reflect and optimize consumer trends.
* Mentor producers at each stage of the growth life cycle from new producer to established producer to ensure that profitability objectives for producers, Musgrave, and customers are being met.
* Drive retailer support for Taste of Local by being creative & innovative in ensuring continued support of small local & Irish producers, by developing excellent long-term relationships with Retail Partners.
* Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Store Development, Trading and Sales teams.
The successful candidate will have / be:
* Third level qualification and/or at least 2 years’ experience operating in a commercial function e.g., Trading, Marketing, Sales or Supply Chain.
* Digitally proficient on social media platforms to understand, critique & advise producer marketing activity – Instagram, Facebook, TikTok.
* Genuine passion and interest in food, food trends, and future consumer innovation.
* Ability to multitask, problem solve and work on own initiative.
* Strong interpersonal and influence skills with an ability to build long-term stable relationships.
* Proficient with the MS Office suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
* Proven analytical and communication skills with a functional knowledge of the product supply chain would be a distinct advantage.
* Adaptable, with a strong team ethic and proven ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.
Musgrave operates a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely.
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