Revenue Growth Manager

So what’s the role all about?

Are you a passionate Revenue Growth Manager looking for your next Opportunity? Are you keen to work within an iconic brand that’s at the forefront of driving category growth? This is a fantastic role within the nation’s 5th most popular FMCG brand (1) that requires an experienced Revenue Growth Manager who has had experience of driving fantastic results.

Reporting into the Commercial Strategy & Planning Director, you will develop, plan and initiate strategies to drive margin accretive revenue growth to enable Hovis to deliver on its vision of being the best quality brand in bakery.

We are looking for a Revenue Growth Manager (FTC Maternity Cover) to join our team based at our Head Office in High Wycombe (hybrid 3 days in office with 2 days working from home.)

Key Accountabilities:

• Identify and discuss revenue growth opportunities through diagnostic analysis and create a plan for implementation with the cross functional teams
• Create metrics for success, track, monitor and guide against these metrics and develop mitigation plans
• Create strategies to improve mix management and deliver growth in higher profitable customers and segments
• Coordination of the tools to deliver NPD execution excellence - launch timings, price & promotional strategy, ranging, merchandising, pack strategies. Coordination and implementation of company wide or customer specific CPI
• Agree and set minimum rate targets by product type and customer
• Track in market consumer pricing
• Run econometric and price elasticity studies to deliver margin cube optimisation for the business
• Devise promotional strategy and objectives for each type of promotional activity
• Create promotional guidelines and monitor adherence to these
• Analyze and report against the results of promotional strategy on a monthly basis

The ideal candidate will be one that is passionate not only about the work they do but the brand they work for, takes ownership of what they do, and is able to influence multiple stakeholders in the right way. They will also be able to focus individuals on specific tasks and behaviours, by bringing a positive, encouraging and consistent behaviour and are able to create a compelling story for the future as well as role model the Hovis Leadership Standards.

What are “must haves” from you?

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) with experience in a Blue Chip FMCG environment in Customer Marketing/Category/FMCG or equivalent
• Significant experience with a strong record of success
• A proven track record of successfully delivering revenue growth strategies and their implementation

Ready to roll? Complete your application by Wednesday 23rd October

Why choose Hovis?

From breakfast to midnight snack, Hovis has been the heart of UK homes for generations with love in every loaf. Our rich heritage and delicious loaves of bread and bakery products are as good today as they've always been. We're proud to have over 133 years of baking experience producing some of the nation's favourite and fastest selling bakery goods. So loved in fact that Hovis products are ranked either number one or number two in bread loaves categories in all regions of the UK and Northern Ireland (2).

Now, as we continue our story, we're looking for talented, dedicated and innovative people to join our exceptional Hovis team. You'll be joining an expert, trusted and empowered team of 2,800+ people who champion our iconic and much-loved brand, delivering the best quality range of Hovis bakery goods to happy consumers. We have some exciting times ahead as we continue to innovate and work hard to strengthen our brand, remaining a great bakery Company for years to come.

Benefits Baked In:

We pride ourselves on the benefits we offer our Hovis family. We continually review what rewards and benefits we provide, ensuring they reflect our core values. When we talk about Reward, we mean all the things you'll get in return for your contribution to our success.

All colleagues can choose from a wide range of benefits in addition to salaries, based on their individual needs. We offer:

• Competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible to create a healthy work-life balance and recharge your batter-ies
• Generous long service awards and recognise outstanding colleague contributions through our recognition scheme
• Three levels of pension scheme (so you can choose which works best for you now)
• A healthcare scheme that can be tailored to your needs
• Access to the Aviva DigiCare+ Workplace App which includes; 'at home' Annual Health Check, Digital GP consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinions and much more
• Enhanced annual leave and maternity / paternity leave (and flexibility where possible to suit your needs)
• Free on-site parking
• Access to funded physiotherapy sessions
• Wellbeing support and campaigns to help you stay active and healthy, be financially prepared, and support your mental well-being.
• A benefits platform (Hovis Choice) where all colleagues can access:
• A variety of savings and cashback offers on day-to-day living.
• Eyecare vouchers.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Have your say and bake a difference:

We care about what our colleagues think and run annual engagement surveys to give you a chance to have a say; your feedback is valuable, and we strive to improve for all our colleagues year on year.

Hovis pride & values:

Every day, we're churning out around 1.3 million delicious loaves of bread and bakery products throughout the UK and Ireland. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s Baking, Manufacturing, Logistics, Engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team such as HSE, Technical, Procurement, Information Systems, HR, Central Supply Chain Planning, Commercial, Central Engineering, Marketing, Product Development and Finance and to name a few. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

Hovis is for you if...

• you enjoy being a part of a dynamic and interdependent team
• your approach is muffin short of excellence
• you rise to challenges, seeing them as a learning opportunity and value the rewards they bring
• you feel that quality is paramount to in everything you do
• you value trust and accountability
• you are responsible and strive to do the right thing

At Hovis, we believe in embracing diversity and creating a welcoming workplace for everyone. Whether you're applying for a job or already part of our team, we promise to treat you with fairness, respect, and dignity. You will be valued and included here at Hovis.

Does this sound like the right environment for you? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Caring for our planet and communities:

At Hovis® we believe that to continue to be a successful business we must remain socially responsible. This is just the top crust of how we care for our plant, our communities and people, read more about our sustainability and charity efforts on our website hovis.co.uk/doing-our-bit.

• All our bread bags are recyclable, look out for the On Pack Recycling Logo (OPRL). We are members of the UK Plastic Pact run by WRAP, and continually investigating new sustainable packaging solutions and evaluating these against key criteria such as total packaging carbon footprint and minimising food waste. With support from government the Pact also aims to ensure consistent recycling across the UK.
• We support over 850 charities up and down the country, including FareShare. We have donated hundreds of thousands of loaves of bread helping to support and feed thousands of people, breakfast clubs and coffee mornings.
• Hovis proudly partners with GroceryAid, our colleagues take part in many fundraising events for this Grocery industry charity. A huge benefit of supporting GroceryAid is that our colleagues have access to comprehensive support services, such as mental health resources, wellness guidance, financial advice, and counselling. Additionally, eligible colleagues may benefit from financial grants in times of crisis or income disruption.

Knead to know about Hovis:

• We are the proud guardians of over 133 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand.
• We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each and every one.
• We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.
• There's over 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK.
• In 2020 Hovis was acquired by Endless Plc in an agreement that will allow us to make significant investment into the business infrastructure, grow our product range and achieve further growth in the bakery category.

Source:

(1) Kantar, UK FMCG, 2023

(2) Nielsen. Total Coverage, excl. Discounters, by region, 52 w/e 15/06/24.