Company description
Mademoiselle Desserts are a manufacturer of frozen cakes and desserts. Supplying retailers, pubs, restaurants, cafés and coffee shops around the UK and beyond, we have a reputation for great cakes, innovative ideas and fantastic people. With a talented team, friendly workforce and a diverse and engaging culture there isn't much not to love about working for this business.
What is the Job
The Category and Insights Manager will draw upon strategically gathered data to help driving decisions related to sales, marketing and other business operations. Developing category-based relationships with all retailers for branded and Private Label
What does your day look like:
Reporting into the Head of Category Insights the Category and Insights Manager will have a unique part to play in assisting the business with a range of duties related to analytics, reporting, category performance evaluations, market insights, and trend identification.
Key highlights from the job spec include:
* Coding, collating and analysing data from third party sources (Scan, Shopper and other) and presenting insights to the business
* Ensure monthly reports are updated and shared with the wider business, pulling out the key relevant insight
* Ensure customer partners receive regular category insight documents cementing our position as an impartial advisor in our specific subcategories
* Ensure monthly reports are updated and shared with the wider business, pulling out the key relevant insight
* Ensure customer partners receive regular category insight documents cementing our position as an impartial advisor in our specific subcategories
* Lead the execution of the category vision in the selected customers. Develop and execute strategies to maximise range and availability. The category strategies should incorporate all category growth levers.
* Work with retailer category and merchandising teams to ensure The English Cheesecake Company products are best positioned in stores
* Provide day to day support to the sales and marketing managers
* Provide account specific category data for retailer meetings and attend these with the sales team when required
* Advise on NPD trends, product positioning, ROS, promotional strategy and retail implementation
Who would succeed in this role?
Someone who is:
o University educated, ideally with a business/commerce degree
o Experience in category management within the UK FMCG environment
o Experience with scan and shopper data
o Sales/marketing/retailer background within a branded environment
o Ability to generate actionable insights using analytical and data interpretation skills
o Energetic, curious, self-motivated, proactive and results orientated
o Strong communicator (written & presented) with good facilitation skills
If you think you fit the bill, please drop us your CV and covering letter
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £50,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person