Ben Leighton
Senior Commercial Manager at Birds Eye UK & IE- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Birds Eye UK & IE
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Commercial Manager
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Jun 2020 - Present
Asda account - core Birds Eye product portfolio
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Commercial Manager
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Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
Sainsbury's account - multi-brand portfolio
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National Account Manager
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Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
Transfer from 2SFG via Nomad Foods (Birds Eye) takeover and integration
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2 Sisters Food Group
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United Kingdom
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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National Account Manager, Green Isle UK Frozen Pizza
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Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
Lidl, Iceland, Farmfoods & Nisa accounts in Frozen Pizza, branded (Goodfella's & San Marco) and Own Label ranges.
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Category Manager, Green Isle UK Frozen Pizza
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Nov 2016 - Sep 2017
Morrisons and Asda accounts
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Category Manager, Green Isle UK Frozen Pizza
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Jan 2015 - Nov 2016
All Discounter and Convenience accounts:(Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, Farmfoods, Co-Op, Nisa, P&H, Booker, Spar)
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Wrigley
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United States
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Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Field Sales Representative (Territory Manager)
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Nov 2013 - Jan 2015
Regional role. Direct F2F sales & account development across core grocery, grocery convenience, wholesale, hard discounters, high street.Role extension as northern field team Divisional Champion. Direct link between field and top 6 Account Managers and responsible for information flow and execution/feedback effectiveness of nationally agreed plans on the ground.
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Morrisons
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Customer Insight Analyst
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Jul 2011 - Oct 2013
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Asda
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Pricing Analyst
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Apr 2009 - Jul 2011
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POSTcti
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing Executive
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2008 - 2008
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Northern Foods
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Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Industrial Placement - Operations Management
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2005 - 2006
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Education
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University of Leeds
1st Class Honours, Biology