Head of Price

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We have an exciting opportunity for a **Head of Price and Promotions** Manager**to join our AFB team; leading a team of **2-3 direct reports**managing the development and execution of pricing and promotional strategies across our retail and wholesale businesses.

Reporting to the **Category & Revenue Management Controller**this high-impact role is key to driving commercial performance through insight-led decision-making, precision execution, and strategic leadership. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping customer value perception while leading a team of pricing specialists and working cross-functionally across the business

**About Us**

A.F. Blakemore & Son Ltd is a dynamic, family-owned business with a proud heritage dating back to 1917. As one of the UK’s largest privately owned companies, we employ over 5,000 people and generate a turnover of £1.1 billion. Ranked among the UK’s top 100 private businesses, we’re passionate about food, innovation, and service. Our operations span retail, wholesale distribution, foodservice, fresh meat, logistics, and shop fitting.

**What You’ll Be Doing**

**Pricing & Promotions Strategy**
- Develop, implement and refine integrated pricing and promotional strategies in line with business objectives
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity and consumer behaviour to adjust tactics proactively
- Advise on optimum pricing levers to drive sales growth and margin improvement
- Manage the end-to-end promotional calendar in collaboration with Category, Replenishment and Marketing teams
- Ground all initiatives in customer insight and brand positioning

**Data Analysis & Commercial Insight**
- Translate complex analytics into clear, decision-ready recommendations for senior leadership and cross-functional teams
- Collaborate with analytics teams to build and maintain dashboards tracking price, promotion, elasticity, ROI and margin impact
- Evaluate promotional effectiveness and refine future activity based on results

**Systems & Process Leadership**
- Oversee maintenance and development of pricing, promotional and contract management platform (Profimetrics)
- Lead process-streamlining initiatives to ensure systems deliver actionable, timely insights
- Champion data integrity, governance and continuous improvement across the team

**Team Leadership & Development**
- Lead, coach and develop a team of Pricing & Promotions specialists
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement
- Establish clear objectives, development plans and performance metrics
- Build succession pipelines and identify future talent needs

**Stakeholder Engagement & Influence**
- Act as a trusted advisor to Commercial, Finance, Operations and IT partners
- Present evidence-based insights in cross-functional forums to drive brilliant decisions
- Engage 3rd party system suppliers to drive forwards development

**What's in it for you**:
You will play a key role in our organisation and make a significant contribution to our ongoing success. In return, we offer comprehensive training, ongoing support, and continuous development opportunities — along with a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package.
- 34 days holiday per year including public holidays (Increasing after 3, 5 and 10 years)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Develop your skills and capability in a highly supportive and multi-diverse culture
- Outstanding Training & Development opportunities
- Gain hands-on experience in a high volume, fast paced environment
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay packages
- Flexible working hours opportunity
- Excellent additional benefits package including:

- Early access to your pay through ‘EarlyPay’
- 24/7 access to your payslips via HR/Payroll portal
- 12.5% Staff discount on fresh items & 10% Staff Discount on ambient products in our SPAR stores (ex. Alcohol & Cigarettes)
- Wellbeing support - access to emotional support, counselling, legal and financial advice
- Company Pension Scheme
- Company Life Insurance worth 1 x Annual Salary and 6 x Annual Salary with Company Pension Scheme
- NEST pension scheme
- Extra Holiday - Purchase Scheme
- Long Service Awards

Job Description available for download.