Seven Search and Selection Ltd
Private Label Strategy Manager
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Private Label Strategy Manager
Innovative Dairy Business | Private Label Strategy Manager
Summary Salary: £50k (3-day week, equivalent to c£82k full-time) Location: West London – Office based Contract: Part-time (3 days per week)
About the Client
Our client is a fast-growing premium food business leaders in the chilled dairy and desserts sector. Their legacy combines European craftsmanship with a strong UK footprint, celebrated for their innovative private label and branded offerings across major grocery retailers.
With backing from significant investment and a clear vision, they’re now scaling into a new phase:
- Expanding capabilities
- Refining strategy for growth
- Laying the foundation for sustainable market expansion across the UK and Europe
About the Role
A newly created Private Label Strategy Manager position—a strategic hub shaping how to play and how to win for the c50% of UK operations driven by private label.
This is not an execution role, but a unique chance to: ✔ Shape long-term thinking ✔ Influence decision-making ✔ Build growth roadmaps for years ahead
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The core focus: Where should the business expand? What’s next for innovation? How do we own the private label category?
Responsibilities
- Strategic delivery: Drive the long-term private label strategy in alignment with growth ambitions.
- Opportunity spotting: Identify and prioritise future growth (category expansion, innovation) and turn data-driven insights into actionable recommendations.
- Data-driven decisions: Collate and interpret complex internal/external data to answer critical business questions.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Partner with commercial, category, and technical teams to refine action plans and ensure execution.
- Portfolio performance: Set KPIs and performance pillars, tracking against long-term plans.
- Innovation leadership: Contribute to direction-setting for innovation pipelines and roadmaps.
Who You Are
✔ A strategic business mind with FMCG expertise across commercial, category, insights, or strategy roles. ✔ Sharp analytical skills—proficient in tools like Nielsen, Kantar, or Circana. ✔ P&L savvy: Comfortable assessing impact on pricing, commercials, and retail performance. ✔ Influential thinker: Builds consensus, challenges convention, and thrives in high-stakes environments. ✔ Collaborative & agile: Bridges silos, prioritises effectively, and handles multiple stakeholders.
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The Offer
💰 Salary: £50k (3-day week) 🆔 Fully pro-rated package (equivalent to £82k full-time) 🏢 Base: London (West) + bi-weekly travel to manufacturing sites 🔄 Growth at scale: High exposure to senior leadership to actually shape this business’s future.
This is rare: A strategic role where insight, innovation, and commercials collide—ideal for someone ambitious to drive lasting change.
Next Steps
Send your CV referencing 19/17715/7 here. Confidentiality guaranteed.
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