An excellent opportunity for a Category Manager to join this world class Food manufacturer.
OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS
* Competitive Salary - £50,000.
* Fully office based role.
* Mon to Fri, 8am to 5pm or 8.30am to 5.30pm
CATEGORY MANAGER
Key aspects of the Category Manager role include:
* Work across depots, departments, functions, teams, categories and a wide variety of customer channels (retail, foodservice and wholesale), own brand and branded.
* Deliver implementation of category management and reporting to support strategic direction of the business in partnership with key customers.
* Leading customer category range reviews in collaboration with commercial objectives to enhance market penetration and share as well as margin delivery.
* Fully understand our sub-categories in terms of market size, competitors, growth and trends.
* Pro-actively seek customer and consumer feedback on our products.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate will have a similar background as a Category manager ideally from within the food industry. Other key skills will include:
1. Have an exceptional understanding of food trends, food ingredients and range planning.
2. FMCG ready to eat and or ready to cook category experience in a retail environment.
3. Identifying and bringing to market commercially profitable, consume...