N3XA Advanced Hydration
Non Executive Director - Commercial FMCG (Food/Beverages)
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Non-Executive Director
Commercial Sales and Route to Market
N3XA Advanced Hydration is seeking an experienced commercial leader to help shape its route to market, sales channels, and launch strategy as the business progresses towards commercialisation.
About N3XA Advanced Hydration
N3XA Advanced Hydration is a start-up, science-led health and hydration company developing a new generation of patented advanced beverage products built around nutrition, physiology, and evidence-based formulation.
Our ambition is to go beyond conventional hydration by combining scientific thinking, carefully selected nutrients, and functional formulation to create products designed for modern lifestyles, sport, and everyday wellbeing.
N3XA has been created with a purpose that goes beyond the products we sell. We believe commercial success can be a force for meaningful social impact.
A core purpose of N3XA is to fund, support, and help build partnerships focused on rare childhood and teenage cancer. As the business grows, a proportion of its commercial success will be directed towards supporting initiatives that can contribute to research, innovation, awareness, and improved outcomes for children and young people affected by rare cancers.
Our ambition is to create a business where commercial growth, scientific innovation, and social impact are connected from the outset.
N3XA is completing the final stages of its intellectual property, product concepts, and commercial planning. We are working towards a potential market launch within the next three-six months.
The Opportunity
As N3XA prepares for commercial launch and future growth, we are looking to appoint an experienced Non-Executive Director with a strong background in commercial strategy, sales, and route-to-market development.
The successful candidate will help shape N3XA's commercial model, identify the most attractive sales channels, and support the development of a practical go-to-market strategy.
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Priority Channels
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience across one or more of the following channels:
- Direct-to-consumer and subscription models
- Amazon and other online marketplaces
- E-commerce and digital sales
- UK grocery and major retail
- Convenience and wholesale
- Quick-service restaurants and foodservice
- Sport, fitness, and leisure channels
- Strategic distribution and commercial partnerships
Key Responsibilities
- Advise on N3XA's overall commercial and sales strategy
- Help define an effective multichannel route-to-market plan
- Support the development of the direct-to-consumer and e-commerce model
- Provide guidance on Amazon strategy, marketplace management, and online growth
- Advise on opportunities across grocery, retail, convenience, and wholesale
- Help identify opportunities within QSR, foodservice, and out-of-home channels
- Challenge and support pricing, margin, promotional, and channel strategies
- Advise on sales forecasting, customer acquisition, and repeat-purchase models
- Help assess potential distributors, retailers, and strategic commercial partners
- Introduce relevant industry contacts and commercial networks where appropriate
- Provide independent challenge and strategic guidance to the founder and Board
- Support the business as it moves from concept development to launch and scale-up
Candidate Profile
We are looking for an experienced commercial leader who can demonstrate:
- Senior commercial or sales leadership experience within FMCG, beverages, consumer health, nutrition, or wellness
- Strong knowledge of UK grocery, retail, e-commerce, or foodservice channels
- Experience developing and delivering successful route-to-market strategies
- Understanding of direct-to-consumer, Amazon/Tik Tok, and digital commerce models
- Experience launching or scaling consumer products or brands
- Strong commercial judgement, including pricing, margins, and customer economics
- Established relationships across relevant retailers, distributors, marketplaces, or commercial partners
- An entrepreneurial and practical approach suited to an early-stage business
- The ability to provide constructive challenge while working collaboratively with the founder and Board
- An interest in building a scientifically credible and purpose-led consumer health business
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Candidates are not expected to have experience across every channel. We are interested in individuals whose expertise and networks can make a meaningful contribution to N3XA's launch and growth.
The Appointment
This will be an active Non-Executive Director role, providing strategic guidance, independent challenge, and relevant commercial connections as N3XA develops.
We anticipate a commitment of approximately one day per month, including Board meetings and additional strategic support where appropriate.
N3XA is a pre-revenue start-up, and the position is initially non-remunerated. Discussions regarding equity participation, performance-related incentives, and potential future remuneration will take place with shortlisted candidates. No specific equity or incentive structure has yet been determined.
Our Purpose
We are looking for someone who shares our ambition to build a scientifically credible, commercially successful, and purpose-led consumer health business, and who is motivated by the opportunity to help shape its commercial direction from the outset.
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