OUR PLACEMENTS

Placement summary

Genius Foods is a dynamic business with ambitious growth plans with the aim “To be the Global Brand Leader in great tasting gluten free bakery”. We are developing our own unique culture through the “Genius Way” with our consumers, products and people at the heart of everything we do.

We are now have an exciting opportunity for 2 Grocery Implant Graduates to join us for 12 month placements, as key members of our UK Account team on our Major Multiple division. Based in Edinburgh, the roles will also see extensive travel to Leeds or London where you will work directly with one of the UK's major retailers.

This opportunity is a fantastic first step in a career within FMCG where the successful candidates will gain experience of both retailer and supplier first hand.

Job description

Project Description

The grocery implant project is key to underpinning the success of our joint customer strategy. The successful candidates will be based largely out of our customers' head office in either Leeds or London and will work closely with their respective supply chain teams. This will be with the aim of analysing and improving stock availability throughout the retail estate which will help to improve awareness and sales of our products within these major retail outlets.

Placement Objectives

The overall aim of the grocery implant placements will be to strengthen the ongoing relationship with the retailer and to assist in increasing revenue through earlier intervention on key issues, in particular with stock availability and supply.

Role Description

Once in post, you will be responsible for key projects throughout the duration of your placement and will build a solid foundation in understanding our customers' systems and processes whilst influencing decisions.

Working intensively with the retailer, you will be tasked with trying to build an understanding of what the optimum stock allocation levels by store look like which will assist with forward forecasting and planning.

You will act as an ambassador for our brand and business within our customers – using their influence to deliver key projects and support the sales team decision making process.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate with have a Degree in Business or Marketing, however graduates from any discipline will be considered.

Skills / Experience

Essential Skills

• We are looking for University graduates with a keen interest in building a career within FMCG industry and an interest in multiple UK retail.
• Possess a pragmatic and diligent approach towards analysing data
• A firm grasp of all IT packages, especially Excel 
• Well developed interpersonal skills
• Comfortable working away from home

Desirable Skills

• Interest/understanding of retail supply chain processes

Benefits

Company benefits

• Holidays 30 days rising to 33 in 2015
• Pension – employer contribution matching up to 3%
• Gain Share/Bonus - £500 + pp based on company targets for the year
• Sick Scheme – up to 10 days paid per annum
• Life assurance – 2x annual salary

Placement benefits

As part of ScotGrad Graduate Placement Programme, the successful candidate will have access to a free two day business and employability skills residential course and also benefit from ongoing support from the ScotGrad team throughout the duration of the placement.

Additional information

Location: Edinburgh and Leeds/London

Planned interview date: 8th September 2014

Preferred start date: 22nd September 2014

Company information

Isn’t everyone entitled to enjoy great food? That’s the thought we started with, and we’re still passionate about it today. It doesn’t matter if you’re avoiding gluten for medical or lifestyle reasons, we don’t think you should have to compromise on taste or quality.

Before we came along there were no fresh gluten-free products you could get hold of easily. Genius changed that. It started with loaves, but these days we’re doing everything from pancakes to pies, and we’re adding new products all the time. We have just three simple rules: they’ve got to be tasty, they’ve got to be of a high quality, and of course, they’ve got to be gluten-free.

Company sector: Food and Drink

Company website: http://www.geniusglutenfree.com/