Role Overview & Mandate
Executive Summary
Based in Slaithwaite, Huddersfield – HYBRID WORKING (with occasional travel to Midlands)...
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Based in Slaithwaite, Huddersfield – HYBRID WORKING (with occasional travel to Midlands)
Do you want to be part of a fast-paced business growth journey with responsibility that spans a wide and varied product portfolio? As a global and constantly growing health care group, we dedicate ourselves to people’s health and wellbeing with high profile brands such as Cetraben, Oilatum, Covonia, Savlon and many more. With lots of autonomy and responsibility and some exciting new product launches planned for 2023, as well as a roll out of this support function to online-only retailers, this is an exciting time to join our business! This is an ideal opportunity for someone with previous sales and marketing experience such as a BM or NAM, that wishes to move into a more trade focused role.
Thornton & Ross is part of the STADA group. The company focuses on a two pillar strategy consisting of generics, including specialty pharmaceuticals and non-prescription consumer health products. Worldwide, STADA Arzneimittel AG sells its products in approximately 120 countries.
Role Purpose
An exciting opportunity has emerged for a brand-new key support role, working with both the Consumer Derm and OTC Hubs, to develop the Trade Marketing function within these teams. You’ll support sales and profit growth by improving our relationship with Retail partners, elevating the brand presence and delivering our brand vision in a retail space, optimising performance and improving conversion across all retail channels (on and offline).
About you:
At STADA we talk about diversity as Uniqueness. Everyone is unique and we recognise our differences as a strength. Our values Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Agility and One STADA ensure our uniqueness thrives, enabling us to care for people’s health as a trusted partner. Empower your Uniqueness, bring your whole self to STADA.
If you’re keen to add value and see results, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have the can-do spirit that’s spearheading our success, bring those unique qualities, with the following skills and qualifications:
- A strong track record in a sales/marketing role (ideally trade marketing and/or customer marketing) within the FMCG sector, working with top 5 retailers.
- Proven project management skills with the ability to work against tight deadlines.
- Visual merchandising and trade show/exhibition experience.
- Solid commercial acumen with expertise in developing sales processes and monitoring and reacting to competitors.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to build strong external partnerships, and further develop the retailer and wholesaler strategy in collaboration with Hub Directors, Sales Director, Brand managers and Key Account team.
What’s in it for you?
Rewarding our employees is important to us, which is why we offer a range of fantastic benefits, such as:
- Hybrid working options based in stunning and recently redeveloped, modern canal side mill -setting in Slaithwaite, Huddersfield
- Annual car allowance.
- Generous company Pension Scheme.
- Private Healthcare
- Life Assurance (up to 3 x annual salary).
- Annual company performance-based bonus.
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days leave.
- Reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role.
- We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to our employees via our Employee Assistance Programme all year round.
