Are you tired of your current role?
Tired of endless Teams calls.
Tired of layered approvals.
Tired of watching opportunities die in committee.
Do you know you can grow accounts, win new business, and drive serious revenue - but you’re stuck inside a corporate machine that rewards politics over performance?
We might be exactly what you’re looking for.
Grant Foods is an ambitious, independent Scottish food manufacturer with over 100 years of heritage - and we’re entering a serious growth phase. We need a commercially sharp, experienced Sales Manager who wants freedom, responsibility, and the chance to actually make an impact.
This is not a corporate role.
This is not a maintenance role.
This is a build-and-grow role.
The Opportunity
You will take ownership of our sales growth strategy across:
- Retail (own label & branded)
- Foodservice & wholesale
- Distributors
- Export opportunities
- New product launches
You will work directly with senior leadership. No bureaucracy. No layers. Just accountability and results.
We want someone who sees opportunities others don’t. Someone who can walk into a buyer meeting and control the room. Someone commercially aggressive but strategically intelligent.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Driving revenue growth and margin improvement
- Identifying and winning new national and regional accounts
- Managing and expanding key existing customers
- Negotiating contracts and trading agreements
- Analysing performance data and turning insight into action
- Working cross-functionally with production, technical and operations to deliver growth safely and profitably
- Building a structured pipeline and clear forecasting model
Who This Role Is For
You might be:
- An experienced FMCG National Account Manager who is frustrated by corporate red tape
- A Business Development Manager who wants more autonomy
- A senior sales professional who knows they can do more - but isn’t allowed to
- A commercially driven operator who thrives on responsibility and ownership
You are:
- Confident in front of buyers
- Comfortable with margin, pricing and commercial modelling
- Relentless in follow-up
- Strategically minded but action-oriented
- Resilient
- Not afraid of accountability
Who This Role Is NOT For
- Anyone looking for a quiet life
- Anyone who needs constant direction
- Anyone uncomfortable with performance visibility
- Anyone who blames market conditions instead of adapting
What We Offer
- Genuine autonomy
- Direct access to decision makers
- The ability to shape strategy
- Performance-linked reward
- A business in digital transformation and sustainable growth mode
- The opportunity to build something meaningful
Location
Based in Ayrshire, with travel as required.
Ready to Escape Corporate and Actually Build Something?
If you believe you’re capable of more - and you want to prove it - we want to hear from you.
Send your CV and a short note explaining why you’re ready to step out of corporate life and into a high-impact role.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From £40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
