Global Commercialisation Specialist - 12 months FTC

Key Deliverables

• Lead end-to-end delivery of global innovation and renovation projects across channels.
• Build structured project plans that manage critical paths, risks, interdependencies and regional launch timings.
• Guide cross-functional teams (Brand, Commercial, R&D, Packaging, Supply Chain, Finance) to move projects through Governance gates with clarity and discipline.
• Partner with markets to ensure product fit for customer requirements, retailers’ calendars, and category needs.
• Ensure all initiatives are optimised for the channel including retailer and regional compliance.
• Act as the central intake manager for all regional creative and artwork adaptation requests.
• Validate briefs for completeness, ensuring clear objectives and timelines.
• Run prioritisation sessions with the Design Studio to allocate resources based on global priorities, market urgency and available capacity.
• Maintain a live design request tracker covering status, SLAs, risks, bottlenecks, and approvals.
• Provide proactive communication to markets on feasibility, timing and any required trade-offs.
• Manage feedback loops between regional teams, Design Studio and Global Brand to ensure quality, consistency, and brand compliance.

Required Experience

Essential:

• Project management experience
• Strong understanding of the design process, artwork creation, and production workflows.
• Managing stakeholders across multiple functions/regions
• FMCG experience
• Ability to navigate conflicting priorities and cultural differences
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously while maintaining high-quality standards
• Proven capability in organisational, planning, and timeline-management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to challenge constructively and translate marketing objectives into actionable, structured plans
• Commercial competence
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to influence, demonstrating high standards of honesty and integrity
• Be a confident, effective, and challenging communicator, and be able to demonstrate tenacity & resilience
• Conflict & issue resolution

What [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Offers You

• Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) – business bonus scheme
• Opportunity to self-enrol into Health Cash Plan
• Private medical Insurance (if eligible by grade)
• Enhanced parental leave and supportive phased return-to-work program
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Cover
• 25 days + bank holidays
• Holiday Enhancement Scheme
• 1 Volunteering Day per year
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership (Carlisle and Chiswick only)
• Discount and Cashback Scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing Support
• Access to great training and development opportunities

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is one of the world’s fastest growing snacking companies and home to much loved brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA and Ülker. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] also owns regional brands Jacob’s, Go Ahead, Flipz, Turtles, BN, Verkade and many more. Formed in 2016, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is the proud steward of over 300 years of family baking and confectionery experience. The expertise of our 16,000-strong global workforce spans 27 bakeries across 11 countries and is united by our purpose: to ‘bring happiness with every bite’.

Interview Process

Initial Telephone call with Talent Acquisition, then 1st stage interview (45 minutes competency-based), then 2nd stage interview (90 minutes technical). Psychometric and Aptitude tests may also be used.