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Overview
RARE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN A RAPIDLY GROWING CONFECTIONERY BRAND. Excellent base salary plus bonus, £5.4k car allowance & benefits. Flexible working, ideally M25/M4/M40 corridor - England.
Company
A $500m global confectionery branded business experiencing growth across UK and international markets, driven by consumer purchasing and high street & grocery retail accounts. The Sales & Marketing team focuses on consumer insight-led, brand-led marketing strategy to drive targeted trade listings, distribution and promotional activities.
The Role
Category & Insight Manager to support the high international growth division. You will:
* Manage and develop consumer Circana and Nielsen insight data to build internal reporting that shapes brand-led trading strategies up to board level.
* Build compelling customer-specific brand and category stories focused on driving product listings, distribution and merchandising to impact rate of sale.
* Collaborate with Marketing and Sales to shape strategies and brand-led narratives that help double sales over the next 4 years.
You will work closely with cross-functional teams to influence customers and drive market performance.
About You
* You have shaped your FMCG career around consumer insights and category/brand storytelling, with experience up to Category Manager level.
* You have driven profitable sales within grocery retail or impulse retail major accounts, or have CatMan experience within international grocery retailers.
* You enjoy numbers and analysis and can create compelling category/brand-led stories that influence key customer stakeholders and drive rate-of-sale at the point of purchase.
* You are collaborative, highly personable, hardworking and committed to delivering high standards in pursuit of business objectives.
If you are interested, please forward your CV quoting reference MS/2599 with benefits details to mark@smithcarey.co.uk or call Mark Smith on 07747 847214 for an initial discussion.
Seniority, Employment Type & Function
* Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Marketing
* Industries: Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing
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