Country Manager - Poland

- Define and deliver a market plan to include the size of medium-term opportunity and the necessary structure and route to market and Suitable investment levels
- Deliver against ambitious growth plans and clearly defines the critical success factors to achieve this growth.
- Devise and implement channel/customer strategy
- Manage, either directly or via subordinates, all customer relationships
- Identify new market opportunities and distribution partnerships, develop robust business proposals to support buy in from key stakeholders and negotiate contracts with a view to developing long term relationships.
- Own the P&L, managing to agreed Sales, GM and Operating Profit targets, steering gross margin delivery via pricing, product and customer mix
- Drive sales number in Poland as well as driving range distribution
- Managing market pricing within European guidelines.
- Manage all expense budgets

- Minimum 5 years experience in a sales and/or marketing managerial function for a blue-chip consumer goods organization, working in Poland.
- Bachelor''s Degree or equivalent qualification in Marketing, Business Studies, Food Business/Science or a related discipline
- At least 3 years experience of building new brands and/or sales channels in Poland
- Ability to influence at a board level
- Experience of managing budgets
- Demonstrable history of building a business and working in a start-up/medium sized company would be desirable.
- Excellent leadership skills and proven experience of building a team
- Fluent in English and Polish.
- Willingness to travel extensively both in Poland and across Europe and US
- Ability to work to stretching targets in a dynamic industry
- Excellent communication and influencing skills at a senior level
- Projects professional presence, gravitas and strong credibility
- Results orientated strategic thinker and creative problem solver
- Interest in sport or health and fitness