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As our Business Unit Controller, you will be leading one of our most pivotal and important Grocery accounts within the business and will build and implement a long term strategy, anchored around commercial and category growth in partnership with the retailer. This role requires strong team leadership, strategic thinking, deep commercial understanding, strong negotiation skills and the ability to build and maintain strategic relationships with the retailer, to drive mutual growth.\nAs our Business Unit Controller you will…\nLead our Soft Drinks portfolio within Morrisons to drive strategic and accelerated growth within the accounts, managing the P&L across all soft drinks sub categories\nCreate and execute a long term, multi-year strategy, anchored in mutual growth for both the Morrisons and AG Barr, aligned to the category strategy and business priorities \nLead the cross-functional team to deliver best in class plans, utilising strength in our Category Management, Brand Activation, Digital and Supply Chain teams \nOwn the total P&L to drive profitable, sustainable growth within the Business Unit, to deliver against the growth objectives for the business\nLead the growth plans across multiple formats - Stores, Express, Online & Q-Com \nLead the team to build comprehensive joint business plans, to leverage strategic partnership and drive key business objectives \nLead the team to deliver against the internal monthly cycle with accuracy and clarity, including: forecast delivery, accurate numbers reporting, FY plan projections, using external data sources where required (Quantium, Kantar, Circana)\nDevelop and inspire a high performing team through coaching and focused personal development planning\nWhat you’ll bring…\nProven and demonstrable leadership of a team delivering great results both internally and externally\nSignificant experience in an FMCG environment (Grocery and/or Impulse category experience beneficial)\nStrong people management and coaching skills\nA strong understanding of category-led selling and strategic thought leadership \nProven success in managing senior-level relationships internally and externally. Ability to influence decision-makers and effectively present at various organisational levels\nStrong IT skills, including proficiency with CRM, forecasting tools, and Google Office. \nExcellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both internal teams and external stakeholders\nLots of energy, positivity and a drive to be part of exciting change!\nWhat we offer…\nWe believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard. Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.\nWe look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;\n34 days holiday\nBonus\nA Company Car\nFlexible holiday trading\nLiving Wage Employer\nHealthcare Cash Plan\nPeppy Health\nFlexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashback, gym memberships, technology purchases etc\nLife assurance\nSave as you earn scheme\nStaff sales discount\nFree AG Barr products throughout your working day\nPension\nAnnual salary review \nOngoing professional development\nAnd much more!\nTo find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.\nWe are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.\nOur large factories produce multi formats across a number of high speed modern lines, to high quality standards whilst maximising production outputs and minimising overhead costs and whilst we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for! 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