Head of Trading - Food

It'sa really exciting time to be at Holland & Barrett. We are investing across all areas of our business with a vision of empowering our customers to live happier, healthier lives. Our mission is to be the leading player in global wellness chosen by millions as their trusted partner for personalised wellness journeys. To achieve this goal, we are embarking on a radical transformation. We are recruiting top talent in all areas of our business, from Finance to Digital Marketing, from HR to IT, as well as new functions around Health and Wellness. 

The Role:

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities 

We have an ambitious strategy to launch a series of new wellness products and services to customers. This is an exciting time for H&B and the Head of Trading: Food role is crucial in ensuring we deliver to our roadmap and plans. 

We've transformed our Global Food Strategy and now seek a highly experienced commercial leader to lead the UK&I Food Category Trading team.  Working with the UK&I Commercial Trading Director, you will be responsible for driving the commercial success of ourFood category, with a primary focus on maximising revenue and growth targets.  This is a huge opportunity to help transform the team, approach to trading and ways of working. A growth mindset is essential.  

Key Responsibilities:

As a Head of Trading: - Food, you'llbe responsible for: 

• P&L Accountability:Ensuring commercial and customer targets are delivered. 
• Strategic Trading: Oversea trading strategies within the Food Category team for the UK&I market, focusing on maximising commercial targets. 
• Range Selection: Using our existing Global Catalogue, select brands and products for the UK&I market, considering market trends, customer preferences and commercial viability. 
• Market Review: Conduct regular market reviews to identify emerging trends, competitor activities, and pricing dynamics to informtrading decisions and strategies. 
• Collaborate with the global food product development team: Working to identify new and emerging brands, categories and propositions that deliver first to market customer centric innovation and services.
• Collaborate closely with other cross-functional teams to align trading strategies with overall business objectives. 
• Deliver strong, sustainable supplier relationships. 
• Managing the full product lifecycle: Via data driven category reviews, to agreed financial KPI's and timescales. 
• Lead the Food Trading team: Develop and coach the Food Categoryteam. 

Location: We have bases inNuneaton, London and Burton, and some travel may be required to all locations. We typically expect colleagues to spend at least two days each week in the Nuneaton office.  There may also be occasional travel to other locations or outside the UK. 

The Person:

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