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We’re hiring a Senior Sales Manager to lead European sales for a high-tech engineering business operating across defence, aerospace and advanced communications. This is a strategic leadership role with responsibility for revenue growth, key accounts and team development. Key Responsibilities • Develop and deliver European sales strategy, • Lead and mentor a technical sales team, • Manage key defence / aerospace customer relationships, • Identify new market opportunities and drive growth, • Forecast, report and deliver against targets Requirements • Experience in technical sales leadership ( RF / microwave essential), • Background in defence, aerospace or complex engineering markets, • Strong commercial skills (pricing, negotiation, key accounts), • Experience managing and developing teams, • Be a UK or NATO citizen with the right to work in the UK., • Be comfortable working in the defence industry, • Be prepared to sign the official secrets act and complete BPSS clearance. What’s on Offer • Senior, high-impact leadership role, • Established business with strong market position, • Competitive salary + bonus + benefits

Position Title: Assistant Brand Manager Make sure to apply quickly in order to maximise your chances of being considered for an interview Read the complete job description below. Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Requisition ID: 41858 Assistant Brand Communication Manager. About McCain. At McCain, we're feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That's why we're dedicated to ensuring our core values-Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality-shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain! Why join the McCain family. • Your Life - we're here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life., • Your Success - work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success., • Lead communications on regenerative agriculture within the communications team, managing communication plans and stakeholder alignment as more of the product range transitions to regenerative farming. This includes engaging with growers, factory teams and internal teams., • Support communications on Masterbrand activity, to build and strengthen the McCain brand working with the total comms team and agencies to develop and launch new activity., • Increase McCain's presence in product placement by securing inclusion in high-quality media content and expanding visibility on growing subscription video platforms., • Secure cost-effective media exposure by identifying opportunities for McCain to feature in relevant documentary programmes, such as food manufacturing or air fryer related shows., • Support budget management for marketing and shopper activation activity, including tracking spending against budgets, managing purchase orders and invoices, working with finance and media auditing partners, and supporting the wider marketing team with budget queries., • Experience working in marketing within the fast-moving consumer goods industry at a similar level, • Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple activities at once, • Educated to degree level or equivalent, with completion of a graduate programme within the fast-moving consumer goods industry beneficial, • Good knowledge of the fast-moving consumer goods industry, particularly within food, • Understanding of consumer and retail sales data sources, including point-of-sale data and shopper panel data, • Knowledge of consumer research methods, including qualitative and quantitative research and brand tracking, • Results-focused with a strong sense of accountability, • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, • Proactive, demonstrates initiative and looks for opportunities to improve ways of working, • Curious and eager to learn and understand consumers and the market, • An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay, • Flexible holidays - where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year, • Optional health cash plan, • Cycle to work scheme #LI-OW1 McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. xrnqpay You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here. Job Family: Marketing Division: GB Marketing Department: Brand Communications Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Leeds || GB - United Kingdom : England : York Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd

Position Title: Category Manager, Customer Communication Find out more about this role by reading the information below, then apply to be considered. Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Grade: Grade 05 Requisition ID: 40338 Category Manager - Customer Communication About McCain. At McCain, we're feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That's why we're dedicated to ensuring our core values-Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality-shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain! Why join the McCain family. • Your Life - we're here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life., • Your Success - work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success., • Bring category strategy to life by partnering with environment and channel specialists to develop initiatives that work across multiple channels and customer types., • Proactively collaborate with Commercial Operations, Sales, Marketing, Innovation and international teams to ensure strong alignment and flawless execution.Lead Omni-Channel Customer Communications, • Develop and deliver best-in-class omni-channel communication plans using the 3Cs framework, ensuring consistent, tailored messaging across all customer touchpoints., • Create high-impact selling tools, presentation materials and communication assets that enable commercial teams and resonate with customer partners., • Continually evolve how McCain communicates with customers, leveraging digital tools, data-led storytelling and new communication formats.Own Customer Sell-In Excellence, • Play a hands-on role in customer sell-ins, leading category and marketing input to deliver compelling, insight-rich presentations across Retail, QSR and Foodservice., • Influence customer stakeholders through structured, data-driven narratives that clearly articulate the value of McCain's Big Bet initiatives.Deliver Category Insight for Commercial Planning, • Provide rigorous, timely analysis of category, consumer and shopper data to support commercial planning and decision-making., • Develop, maintain and enhance omni-channel market tracking to support senior commercial leaders with clear, relevant insight., • Utilise key data sources-including Kantar, Circana and dunnhumby (Retail); Lumina Intelligence and Circana CREST (Foodservice); alongside PowerBI, SAP BI and other tools-to deliver impactful reporting and recommendations.Track Performance Against Commercial Plans, • Apply market and customer insight to monitor performance versus agreed commercial KPIs., • Build and maintain performance dashboards that translate data into clear, concise and actionable updates for senior stakeholders.Apply Advanced Data & Analytical Capability, • Demonstrate strong analytical expertise across retail and foodservice data sources, market research, loyalty data, shopper panels and operator insights., • Translate complex data into practical, value-driven recommendations that support commercial action., • Bring curiosity and pace to the role by exploring and adopting emerging technologies-such as AI-enabled tools-to improve efficiency, accuracy and insight quality.Qualifications:, • 3-5 years' experience in Category Management, Commercial Support, Insight or Data Analytics within FMCG/CPG, retail or foodservice environments., • Hands-on experience with syndicated and customer data, including tools such as Kantar, Circana, dunnhumby (retail) and Lumina Intelligence or Circana CREST (foodservice)., • A strong analytical mindset, with a proven ability to turn complex data into clear, actionable recommendations that drive commercial decisions., • Compelling communication and presentation skills, with experience creating and delivering high-quality, customer-facing selling stories., • Highly organised and detail-focused, comfortable managing multiple initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced, matrixed organisation., • A generous Car Allowance, • An achievable yearly bonus based on personal performance., • An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay, • Flexible holidays - where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year, • Optional health cash plan, • Cycle to work scheme #LI-OW1 McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. xrnqpay You can understand how your personal information is being handled here. Job Family: Sales Division: GB Commercial Foodservice Department: Category Strategy Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Leeds || GB - United Kingdom : England : York Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd

This employee owned, national Public Affairs & PR consultancy are looking to expand their growing York office with the appointment of either a Account Executive, Senior Account Executive or Account Manager. Working for high-profile clients in sectors including low carbon, energy, NetZero, property, renewables, transport, education, housing, and sustainable development, you will be helping clients to understand the political and planning landscape in which they bring forward development proposals, identifying community support, stakeholder engagement and working to achieve consent. This is an exciting opportunity and a chance for the right candidate to stamp their mark on a successful and expanding business. They need someone who can connect across the business, but also work independently. Generally, a Senior Account Executive would have a minimum of two years’ experience and a Senior Account Manager four years’ experience. Account Executive - Senior Account Executive They are seeking a creative, articulate, and intelligent team player with a strong interest in media and current affairs, combined with a strategic mindset. You’ll be passionate about today’s key issues and motivated to work on projects that will shape future generations. Role Responsibilities: • Lead client meetings independently when required, without senior support., • Present and confidently sell the agency’s full range of services during formal presentations, meetings, or networking opportunities., • Act as a key point of contact for clients in the absence of their manager, building strong client relationships., • Provide strategic consultancy advice and offer tactical solutions to clients during meetings and in new business proposals., • Manage your time efficiently, prioritising multiple tasks, delegating where appropriate, and developing grassroots managerial skills., • Demonstrate an understanding of the financial implications tied to managing accounts and projects., • Cultivate a network of media contacts relevant to your sector and attend meetings with journalists unaccompanied., • Develop and hone your presentation skills for both existing and new business pitches., • Monitor and report on account performance against agreed KPIs, assessing the effectiveness and value of completed work., • Take a lead role in producing campaign materials and managing the process from design to client approval, keeping the Account Manager updated on progress., • Plan and manage the logistical aspects of events, such as journalist briefings and public exhibitions, ensuring smooth execution and flagging potential risks or opportunities., • Gain an in-depth understanding of the planning process (TCPA and DCO) if applicable to your role, and demonstrate a solid grasp of how local and national government and other public sector organisations impact clients and their business strategies. Account Manager They looking for a proactive and articulate individual who will take ownership of project strategies, lead and motivate your team, and ensure that activities are aligned with our clients’ goals. Your strategic input will be key in ensuring the delivery of high-impact communications and consultation plans. Role Responsibilities: • Provide strategic insights into clients' businesses, understanding their commercial landscape and key challenges., • Lead campaigns/projects, driving them forward to meet objectives and agreed goals., • Ensure seamless delivery of communications or community consultation plans, applying appropriate evaluation, measurement, and reporting systems., • Prepare and present strategic plans and recommendations to clients., • Actively participate in new business development, identifying leads, contributing to pitches, and drafting proposals., • Manage crises and incidents with minimal oversight, ensuring swift and effective resolutions., • Lead, mentor, and train members of the account team, ensuring high-quality output., • Oversee the work of Account Executives, delegating tasks, monitoring progress, and ensuring consistent delivery across accounts., • Build and nurture long-term client relationships through regular contact and delivering added value., • Take full responsibility for the successful execution of client events, ensuring all logistics are expertly managed., • Stay informed on local/national politics, public sector structures, and planning processes relevant to our sectors