Channel Manager: Impulse

Channel Manager Impulseat Cookie Time Limited

Hungry to make your mark in a dynamic, market leading company where every day is different and no customer is the same? We're looking for our next Channel Manager Impulse to drive our new and existing Oils, Organised Convenience, Direct and emerging channels to new heights

The Cookie Time Limited Story

CTL is a highly successful, entrepreneurial and innovation-led food company, headquartered in Christchurch. Its business includes franchised distribution and retail, licensing and manufacturing operations. For over 40 years, CTL has been making some of New Zealand's most loved food brands, with a portfolio that includes Cookie Time, Bumper, OSM, Em's and Higgins. Our strength lies in our dedication to innovation and quality, driven by a culture that values creativity, teamwork and customer focus.

The Channel Manager Impulse Role

Cookie Time Limited is undergoing remarkable growth, and we're on the hunt a Channel Manager Impulse to join our Templeton (Christchurch) based team. Working collaboratively across the business to deliver CTL's long term account strategies, the Channel Manager Impulse will partner with our Oils, Organised Convenience and Direct accounts, while supporting our Franchise Sales Network to develop their independently-managed outlets. This is a dynamic role for someone hungry to make their mark, tasks will include (but not limited to);

• Leadership of our Impulse account relationships, developing and executing a clear and aligned path to success.
• Accounts plans set for each account, including targets and promotional plans, with continued management to ensure maximum performance.
• Increasing representation and visibility of the Cookie Time, Bumper, OSM, Em's and Higgins brands in trade, at both a head office and consumer level while ensuring brand standards are maintained across all touch points.
• Opportunity gap analysis, with a clear action plan and timely reporting to outline and demonstrate revenue and margin growth.
• New product activation, supporting internal stakeholders to execute Go to Market program while bringing new innovations to the Impulse customers.
• Business Development through hunting incremental growth opportunities. This may include new channels, customers or products that add growth to existing accounts.
• Promotional planning across all channels, Analysis including return on investment metrics, Sales and Operations forecasting, and rebate analysis.

What we're looking for

Attitude is everything in the Cookie Time Limited family. We're seeking an individual who has an open, growth mindset, enjoys a fast paced dynamic environment and thrives on seeing their hard work come to life. A self-starter who is able to lead the Impulse account space, while keeping key stakeholders up to date.

• Strengths in organisation, communication, flexibility and ability to work through multiple projects and timelines.
• Commercial acumen, creating account plans and ability to review performance and promotional effectiveness across a number of metrics.
• Resilience, ability to adapt to challenges and seek solutions.
• A strong affinity for our brands, Cookie Time, Bumper, OSM and Em's Power Cookies.

While a qualification isn't essential, experience in sales and/or account management, ideally within the FMCG industry, is. Ability to build and maintain strong, long lasting relationships is crucial, alongside having a strong commercial focus. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for category, consumer and shopper insight analysis is also important.

What matters most is finding a special individual who is ready to make a huge mark on an important part of our business. If this role sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply, applicants must have current New Zealand citizenship or a current working visa.

If you want be part of a passionate team embracing change and growth then please apply here on Seek.

Applications close Friday, 5th December.