Job Description
Role title: Commercial Project Executive
Department/team: Private Label Team
Location/working arrangement: Hybrid role based at our Kenley Head Office. Minimum of one day per week in the office, with an initial expectation of up to three days per week during the onboarding period.
Employment type: Full – time, permanent
Remuneration package: Competitive salary & benefits
Reports to: Commercial Manager
Company Overview
Monty Bojangles is an award-winning, UK based FMCG confectionery brand. We are recruiting for our private label team with 26 years of private label experience, providing expertise across confectionery manufacturing and retail distribution. Our private label product solutions include bean-to-bar chocolate, couvertures, pralines, truffles, nougat, brittles, and sugar confectionery. We manage the entire process, from concept development through to production and delivery.
About the Role
Join the Monty Bojangles private label team and help us to continue to develop innovative, bespoke solutions to help drive growth in the category for our retail partners. If you’re ready to take the next step into your career and make a real impact in premium private label confectionery, we would love to hear from you. This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of customer projects from initial brief through to launch, working closely with major UK retailers, manufacturing partners, and internal stakeholders to deliver innovative private label confectionery solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of private label customer accounts, acting as the key point of contact from concept through to product launch.
- Lead end-to-end project management of NPD and product launches, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
- Work closely with customers, suppliers, and internal teams including Technical, Supply Chain, Finance, and Quality to coordinate successful product development and delivery.
- Interpret customer briefs and translate requirements into actionable development plans, coordinating product, packaging, artwork, and sample submissions.
- Maintain critical paths, ensuring all stakeholders meet agreed deadlines and launch milestones.
- Conduct market, retailer, and trend analysis, including store visits, gap analysis, and performance reviews to identify commercial opportunities.
- Prepare customer presentations, costings, and project updates, while responding promptly to customer queries and requests.
- Support commercial activities through supplier negotiations, pricing analysis, forecasting, production planning, and EPOS performance analysis.
- Manage product and customer system set-up, specification submissions, testing programmes, and launch administration to ensure a smooth route to market.
Key Requirements
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience managing grocery multiple retailer accounts and projects, with exposure to at least one major UK retailer, including Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Asda, or Waitrose & Partners, ideally within private label categories.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience working with critical paths and product launch timelines.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced FMCG environment.
- Strong experience working within the private label grocery sector.
- A proactive problem-solver with a structured, methodical approach and the ability to effectively prioritise competing demands.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the confidence to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and retailer systems.
- Commercially minded, with strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data to support decision-making.
- Well-organised and self-motivated, with the ability to manage workloads independently and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Ideally currently working, or having previously worked, within a recognised food, drink, or confectionery business, with exposure to well-established processes and modern project management practices.
- Demonstrates a strong commercial awareness and a keen understanding of market and customer needs.
- Entrepreneurial in mindset, with a passion for identifying opportunities and driving business growth.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process. If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know.
Benefits:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London CR8 5NH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Location:
- London CR8 5NH (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London CR8 5NH
