Finsbury Food Group - Graduate Commercial Scheme

Finsbury Food Group are a leading speciality bakery manufacturer with a turnover of £410+ million. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the food service channel; the likes of Tesco, Aldi and Morrisons. We make a large percentage of the UK's sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes.

Our Values

At Finsbury Food Group we pride ourselves on our strong working community and encourage our people to work in line with our company values:  

• Teamwork
• Ownership
• Communication
• Honesty
• Respect

What Will You Be Doing?

During our three-year graduate commercial scheme, you will get the opportunity to work at the forefront of industry where you will gain an in-depth understanding of the commercial function across Sales, Brands/Marketing and Category to develop your skills and business knowledge within these areas.  You’ll work alongside the Business Account Managers, Category Managers and Brand Managers to develop and strengthen the customer accounts for Finsbury Food Group.

This includes three, 12-month placements in the following:

• Sales: Within this rotation, you will gather customer data in order to inform sales strategies and planning by identifying sales opportunities within your target markets.  You will build strong client relationships where you will gain a full understanding of their existing product lines and services as well as provide suggestions to enhance maximum customer satisfaction.
• Category: Through providing market intelligence and data analysis to senior stakeholders, you will be responsible for supporting internal planning whilst ensuring that external customer requirements are met. You’ll support the Category team through creating consumer led data stories, supporting customer presentations and by completing regular marketing insight reporting such as gap analysis and customer NPD.
• Brands/Marketing: In collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, you will work with brands to project and commercially manage marketing activity from inception to delivery, creating and co-ordinating key campaigns to support brand activation and awareness.

What Can We Offer You?

• £29k starting salary which will increase over the course of the scheme 
• 33 days annual leave
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Employee Recognition Awards 

What Are We Looking For?

• A 2:1 or above (or equivalent) in a relevant Business discipline
• Understanding of sales principles and ability to deliver excellent customer experience 
• Commercially minded individuals with a problem-solving attitude
• Effective presentation and negotiation skills
• Good time-management skills with a problem-solving attitude

What’s The Application Process?

1. Easy apply with just your CV – we’d love for you to tailor your CV with a personal profile
2. Informal Telephone Screen  
3. In-Person Assessment Centre

Sound like you? Click ‘Apply Now’ to progress your application. But be quick, we wouldn’t want you to miss out.