Portfolio Manager

You may not have heard of us, but we're sure you've tried our products. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.

As a Portfolio Manager, your role will be responsible for curating a range of products within a portfolio which will deliver Greencore KPIs and Excellence programmes and customer NPD/EPD plans.

Key accountabilities include:

• Respond to customer briefs and market insight for the portfolio to make prioritisation decisions for the product range.
• Prepare and represent all product-related documentation and prework in weekly and monthly product meetings to ensure accurate information is used to make portfolio decisions.
• Rigorously apply Stage and Gate process timelines and measures for all products in development to ensure that there are no surprises at launch and that KPIs are delivered.
• Confirm that Greencore Stage 2 approval has been achieved before Customer Stage 3 begins, to ensure customers are aware of the Manufacturing Selling Price at the time of the Stage 3 submissions.
• Take responsibility for monitoring all products classed as exceptions to timeframes or KPIs through subsequent stages and gate approvals to ensure that redesigns and/or pricing changes are implemented
• Complete post launch reviews for all products within the range to validate that financial, operational and sales KPIs have been achieved and to capture lessons learned for future product designs and launches.
• Constantly review the performance of the range and take action to remove or change unproductive or margin dilutive products.

• Highly numerate
• Experience of building product portfolios either as a customer or as a supplier
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing capability, food development processes and commercial priorities
• Experience of category management principles and priorities
• Previous experience in a commercial role in FMCG business
• Exceptional influencing skills and proven stakeholder management capability
• Resilient and proven ability to make difficult prioritisation decisions

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Car allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Private Medical Healthcare
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.