Why Greencore?

We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better.

We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn.

Our vast direct-to-store (DTS) distribution network, comprising of 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties.

Join us and be part of our great team!

We are thrilled to announce an opportunity for a commercially astute Portfolio Manager to join our Food For Later business.

As Portfolio Manager you will curate a range of products within a portfolio which will deliver Greencore key performance indicators, excellence programmes and customer NPD and EPD plans

Key Accountabilities:

• Respond to customer briefs and market insight for the portfolio to make prioritisation decisions for the product range
• Prepare all Project Master Document that are Greencore Portfolio led Projects and support the Customer Teams prepare Project Master Document for all Customer led Projects
• Prepare & represent documentation and pre work required for our Weekly ITP and Monthly IBP meetings to ensure accurate information is used to make Portfolio decisions
• Rigorously apply stage and gate process timelines and measures for all products in development to ensure we are meeting the critical path and any risks are escalated and that key performance indicators are delivered
• Take responsibility for monitoring all products classed as exceptions to timeframes or key performance indicators through subsequent stages and gate approvals to ensure that redesigns and/or pricing changes are implemented
• Coordinate and work closely with the Portfolio Analyst to complete post launch reviews for all products within the range to validate that financial, operational and sales key performance indicators have been achieved and to capture lessons learnt for future product designs and launches – ranking them into bronze, silver and gold
• Constantly review the performance of the range and take action to remove or change unproductive or margin dilutive products using the Rev Management team and Qlik to inform decision making

What We’re Looking For:

• Demonstrates strong commercial acumen
• Highly numerate with a proven track record in data-driven environments
• Skilled in building product portfolios, either as a customer or supplier
• Deep understanding of manufacturing capabilities, food development processes, and commercial priorities
• Proficient in category management principles and strategies
• Significant experience in a commercial role, ideally within the FMCG sector
• Exceptional influencing skills with a proven ability to manage stakeholders effectively
• Resilient and adept at making tough prioritisation decisions

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• 25 days Holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further yo