This exciting career opportunity will enable you to apply your business acumen to ensure that the company achieves its challenging objectives during the next phase of its growth in South Africa.

The responsibilities of the position include:

• Provide strategic insight into Key Accounts and Support in developing partnership alignments
• Develop intimate knowledge of the Food Service industry and the QSR Channel to align the business objectives to the Channel and Key
Accounts needs
• Accountable for the companies brand in respect of customer relationships
• Drive the achievement of Volume, Value and Profit targets
• Provide insight into product costing to achieve the best margins
• Analyze Channel performance and competitor activity on a continuous basis and provide direction and feedback to the business
• Contribute to the execution of business and innovation plans for the QSR channel; commercialize new products to meet consumer, customer
and Key Account needs
• Source, analyze and leverage consumer/shopper/marketing insights to support Channel growth initiatives
• Manage and monitor the channel forecast
• Make category and product choices and priorities which are channel and sub channel specific
• Stimulate New Product Development: driving the innovation process and vetting of new product developments suitable for the Channel
• Foresee execution of correct and timeous price increase implementation as well as trading term negotiations are concluded
• Represent the FSI brand identity in the market.
• Exhibit creativity in the brand, "go to market" strategy, channel initiatives, new business systems and in developing new, insightful
applications and ideas

Minimum qualifications + experience:

• A degree or diploma in Commerce or Sales and Marketing
• 3 -5 Years relevant experience
• Knowledge of Food Services Industry (FSI)/ FMCG and/or perishable goods
• FSI knowledge & Extensive Innovation Skills
• Project Management Skills would be a PLUS
• Strong communication skills and financial acumen
• Strong analytical thinking with strong negotiation skills
• Curious and an ability to generate ideas
• Ability to work cross functionally