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Experienced Commercial Leader with track record across Category, Sales and Commercial Strategy at Highland Spring Ltd
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 11 work roles 1 school
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Rob Long is listed as Experienced Commercial Leader with track record across Category, Sales and Commercial Strategy at Highland Spring Ltd, a company with 217 employees, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Rob Long.

Rob Long previously worked as Category Controller at Highland Spring Ltd and Tesco - Healthcare Team Lead at Kenvue. Rob Long holds Marketing Management Bsc, Marketing, Business, 2:1 from Lancaster University.

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Commercial Leader with 12+ year’s experience within FMCG & Consumer Healthcare working across a number of Commercial Roles for Category Leading & Blue Chip Organisations. I've recently moved into a new role heading up the J&J Healthcare Business with Tesco (Inc. Brands such as Nicorette, Calpol, Benylin, Sudafed etc). This role utilises my knowledge gained in Pharmacy with my previous Grocery experience.The majority of my career lies within Grocery/High Street National Account Management however I've gained breadth working in Commercial Strategy & Planning across multiple categories for GSK and Mondelez.

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Highland Spring Ltd
Highland Spring Ltd
Experienced Commercial Leader with track record across Category, Sales and Commercial Strategy
auchterarder, perth and kinross, united kingdom
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Category Controller

Current

Blackford, Scotland, United Kingdom

Heading up the Category Development team tasked with building incredible collaborative partnerships with our retailers, delivering market leading category insights and guidance and driving thought leadership both internally and externally.

Jan 2024 - Present

Tesco - Healthcare Team Lead

High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

Continuing my role leading the Tesco Healthcare Business for Kenvue, the new name of J&J Consumer Health. With a direct team of 3 reports, I'm responsible for leading the Tesco Healthcare P&L worth in excess of £70m RSV driven by market leading brands such as Calpol, Nicorette, Benylin, Sudafed, and Imodium. Our ambition is to partner with Tesco to unlock.

May 2023 - Feb 2024

Tesco Healthcare Team Lead

High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

With a direct team of 3 reports, I'm responsible for leading the Tesco Healthcare P&L worth in excess of £70m RSV driven by market leading brands such as Calpol, Nicorette, Benylin, Sudafed, and Imodium. Our ambition is to partner with Tesco to unlock mutual growth and outperform the market, winning at the big seasons (Cough, Cold, Flu & Allergy), and.

Jun 2022 - Feb 2024

Pharmacy Channel Lead

High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom

Reporting into the Pharmacy Sales Director, leading a team of 11 with 6 direct reports. My main responsibility is for delivery of the overall channel sales targets worth in excess of £120m RSV. Key Achievements:- Landing Game Changing Digital Partnership with Lloyds Pharmacy- Implementing a team re-structure & integrating new members into an established.

Sep 2019 - Jun 2022

Customer Development Manager - Sainsburys

Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Management of Listerine and Baby categories for Sainsbury's worth c. £25m RSV.Key Achievements: - Aligning the Sainsbury's and Listerine Strategy to unlock substantial YOY Growth and Category out-performance through increased feature and display.- Negotiating the strongest ever Baby Event Display for J&J with Sainsbury's

May 2018 - Sep 2019

Customer Business Manager Js & High St

Gsk

London, United Kingdom

- Full P+L responsibility for managing the MaxiMuscle business with Sainsburys, Boots and No.1 High Street customer Holland & Barrett. This accounted for circa 45% of MaxiMuscle's annual turnover.Key Achievements:- Landing Front of Store display for MaxiMuscle Protein Bars in Sainsbury's - A Category First!- Building, negotiating and landing improved JBPs.

Nov 2015 - May 2018

Commercial & Revenue Strategy Manager

Gsk

London, United Kingdom

Reporting to the Commercial Strategy & Planning Director, responsible for leading the creation, delivery and course correction of the Commercial Strategy for a number of GSK’s key Selfcare (OTC) Brands including Beechams, Night & Day Nurse, Piriteze & Piriton, Panadol and TUMs. Key Achievements:- Reducing Promotional Spend YOY by £700k whilst Increasing.

Jan 2014 - Nov 2015

Commercial Strategy Executive

London, United Kingdom

  • Core Responsibility - To facilitate the delivery of Category Sales Targets and implementation of trade strategies within the Grocery Channel for the Biscuits Category through working alongside key category stakeholders
  • Delivered stretching Category Growth targets (+20% YOY) by collaborating with NAMs to Build & Manage the Promotional Plans across Top 4 Grocers whislt providing governance to Category Plans.o Assisted in the delivery.
  • Challenge and Review any and all proposed Grocery Promotions to ensure alignment to brand strategy and in line with business targets and guidelines.
  • NPD: Part of MFST that delivered multiple new products to market, landing strong distribution and great in-store:o Successfully delivered the launch of the Barny brand to the UK market achieving £1m RSV Sales within 3.
  • Key Achievement: Delivered £2.3m Incremental RSV Sales in less than 9 months through the Discounter Channel by identifying listing opportunities, building a core range & gaining internal approval, then providing.
May 2012 - Dec 2013

Category Development Executive Convenience Channel

  • Core Responsibility - To build and develop relationships with Convenience Retailers implementing Category plans to benefit Yoplait, providing regular internal analysis and shopper marketing for Morrison’s & Co-op.
  • Customer Focus: Responsible for Category Managing all Convenience Sector Retailers, building strong relationships with Buyers and providing monthly scorecards.o Building and implementing category plans for retailers.
May 2011 - May 2012

Grocery Territory Manager - North London

London, United Kingdom

  • Developed relationships and selling techniques with key external stakeholders of different levels. Leveraged to achieve:
  • Over 150 non-Head Office agreed displays and Sandwich Cabinet Displays for Yoplait SKUs within my first year.
  • Landed +100 incremental product listings above head office agreed distribution
Sep 2009 - May 2011
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Rob Long works for Highland Spring Ltd.

What is Rob Long's role at Highland Spring Ltd?

Rob Long is listed as Experienced Commercial Leader with track record across Category, Sales and Commercial Strategy at Highland Spring Ltd.

Where is Rob Long based?

Rob Long is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom while working with Highland Spring Ltd.

What companies has Rob Long worked for?

Rob Long has worked for Highland Spring Ltd, Kenvue, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health, Gsk, and Mondelez International (Kraft Foods).

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Rob Long's colleagues at Highland Spring Ltd include Kenneth Wilson, Lynne Mccall, Steven Brotherton, Kevin Geel, and Billy King.

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Rob Long holds Marketing Management Bsc, Marketing, Business, 2:1 from Lancaster University.

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