National Business Manager, Foodservice Distributors

Position Title: National Business Manager, Foodservice Distributors 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Requisition ID: 42622 

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

This is a senior leadership role where you’ll take ownership of McCain’s Foodservice distributor channel across Australia – leading a national team and delivering against key commercial outcomes.

Reporting to the Head of Foodservice, you’ll play a critical role as a trusted partner in shaping strategy, strengthening key distributor relationships, and driving performance across a complex national network. You’ll step into a fast-moving environment with the opportunity to make an immediate impact and bring fresh thinking to how we grow the channel.

What you’ll be doing.

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing national team across account and distributor management


• Set and execute the national strategy for our Foodservice distributor network


• Take full ownership of national performance, delivering against volume, sales and profitability targets


• Build and strengthen senior relationships with key national and state distributor partners


• Lead commercial negotiations across trading terms and promotional activity


• Manage two key national customer accounts alongside your leadership responsibilities


• Own the end-to-end Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, driving accurate forecasting and alignment across the business


• Lead performance tracking, identify risks and opportunities, and course-correct where needed


• Identify growth opportunities and bring new ideas to unlock value across the channel


• Partner cross-functionally to deliver strong commercial outcomes


• Represent the Foodservice function as a senior leader within the broader business

What you’ll need to be successful.

• Proven experience leading and developing teams


• Demonstrated experience managing Foodservice customers at a national level (essential)


• Strong track record of owning and delivering commercial outcomes (sales, growth, profitability)


• Experience with end-to-end S&OP


• Strong financial acumen, including exposure to P&L ownership, trade investment, and cost control


• Experience operating in complex environments, managing multiple priorities and stakeholders


• Confidence building and influencing relationships at a senior level


• Strong negotiation capability with experience managing commercial discussions


• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to turn insights into action


• A mindset that challenges the status quo and looks for better ways of doing things

About the team.

You’ll be part of our Foodservice Australia team, leading a national structure that includes a National Account Manager, State Distributor Managers, and a Distribution Support Manager. This role plays a key part in shaping our Foodservice growth strategy and partnering closely with cross-functional teams to deliver results.

About McCain.

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership principles.

At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

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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.

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Job Family: Sales      
Division: ANZ 
Department: ​National Business ANZ ​
Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Melbourne 

Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.