More About The Role
We are looking for a General Manager to lead and drive Myton Food Group’s newest growth opportunity: Myton International. This business unit operates an Import-Agency model, primarily focusing on Ambient & Frozen goods under Tertiary brands, Morrisons own brand, and additional non-Morrisons customers.
As the Lead Senior Manager, you will be responsible for owning this new business unit and the delivery of a 3-year sales plan. Working directly with our key Sourcing Partners, you will accurately target prospective business opportunities, build full end-to-end supply chain routes and manage key stakeholders. This role is based at Cutler Heights (Myton Head Office).
Key responsibilities will include:
- Strategy & Business Growth: You will take full commercial ownership of generating major new revenue streams and profit margins in the immediate term, while positioning the business for sustained, long-term sales expansion over the coming years.
- Customer & Stakeholder Management: Taking full ownership of customer relationships across trading opportunities (including Morrisons Buying and Technical Teams).
- Sourcing & Technical Execution: Leading Sourcing Partners to land new supply safely, enabling technical due diligence, and enforcing critical paths.
- Process & Supply Chain Evolution: Establishing brand new ways of working, driving joined-up end-to-end supply chain processes, and overseeing the Supply Chain Manager.
- Commercial Leadership: Providing detailed market and pipeline insights to the Senior Leadership Team, continually driving for strategic volume-led opportunities, and managing price changes to accurately recover margin and cost price inflation.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Building strong ties with Retail Buying, Technical, NPD, and central Myton support teams.
About You
We're looking for someone with significant experience in a Multiple Retailer-facing Senior Role who has demonstrable success in establishing new business processes and delivering projects end-to-end.
You will also:
- Possess expert knowledge and understanding of Multiple Retail and an enterprise spirit for seeking new opportunities.
- Have an advanced understanding of supply chain management, operational execution, and the launch processes required to deliver retail business at scale.
- Demonstrate strong commercial and financial analysis skills with proven ability in managing P&Ls.
- Be a strong, resilient, and tenacious leader with excellent relationship development and senior stakeholder management skills.
- Be informed and immersed in consumer food trends to drive innovation and translate opportunity into EBITDA growth.
- Have strong people management skills to lead, manage, and develop team members.
In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
- 15% discount in store from the day you join us
- Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
- Annual bonus scheme
- Career progression and development opportunities
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Market-leading pension scheme and life assurance
- Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
- 'MyPerks' giving you discounts with over 850 retailers
- Free parking onsite
- Enhanced Family, Maternity, and Paternity Leave
- Private Healthcare
About The Company
You'll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - an industry leading manufacturing business with several high-profile retail customers. At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We're British farming's biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers, and we're passionate about the quality of our food. Today, we have 18 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, and lots more. We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we're especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website
About UsSkills Required
- Significant experience in a senior role serving multiple retailers
- Demonstrated success establishing new business processes and delivering projects end-to-end
- Expert knowledge and understanding of multiple retail
- Advanced understanding of supply chain management and operational execution
- Experience with launch processes for delivering retail business at scale
- Strong commercial and financial analysis skills
- Proven ability to manage P&Ls
- Strong, resilient, and tenacious leadership
- Excellent relationship development and senior stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of consumer food trends and ability to drive innovation and EBITDA growth
- Strong people management skills
What We Do
Morrisons is a UK-based supermarket and integrated food business serving customers through a nationwide network of stores and online delivery channels. Its operations span grocery retail, wholesale, distribution, and food manufacturing. The company sells a broad range of fresh and packaged foods and emphasizes vertical integration, sourcing and processing about half of its fresh food itself, with a purpose of making good food affordable for everyone.
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