Are you passionate about thinking big and joining a team who are looking to accelerate the growth of our organic and natural Brands – Clipper Teas, Kallo and Mrs Crimble’s in the UK, while also doing good?
Ecotone is looking to recruit a UK Category Manager to develop category insights and working with the Customer Account Managers drive the narrative, positioning & opportunities of our Brands and company with Waitrose and DComm
Based in Camberley you will report to the Category Controller and be a member of the CommercialTeam
Here are just some of the exciting responsibilities you will be accountable for:-
* Understand and interpret market data and shopper measures to drive insight led thinking internally & externally
* Provide customer focussed insights and recommendations regarding shopper behaviour, ranging and merchandising
* Manage all five categories for Waitrose and Dcomm (Tea, Savoury Biscuits, Stocks, Free From cake, Dairy Alternatives)
* Establish relationships with the relevant customer contacts and attend customer meetings
* Be passionate about incorporating category thinking into all aspects of business
* Proactively highlight business opportunities/issues from a category perspective to the Sales & Marketing teams
* Develop account team vision with Sales team and track regularly (including NPD, range, distribution, merchandising)
* Develop strong working relationships with all internal and external stakeholders (esp. marketing, commercial, insights)
* Key user of Circana/Nielsen/Worldpanel/Dunnhumby & Microsoft Packages
We’re looking for someone who has an Agency, FMCG Category Exec or Retailer background and experience of the Convenience Channel would be advantageous
Additionally you will:-
* be a competent user of excel and powerpoint
* have experience of Kantar/IRI/Nielsen/DH/i2c (one of the list)
* be a team player
* be analytical with critical thinking with astute commercial judgment
* demonstrate strong written and verbal communications skills
* be able to build impactful presentations
* be flexible, adaptable and 'hands on'
What you can expect from us is to:-
* be part of a passionate UK team
* work for a company that genuinely cares and tries to do some GOOD in the world
* We have the highest B-CORP rating globally
* We were the first ever Fairtrade Tea company (we helped write the Fairtrade standards 30 years ago) and we are still the biggest fairtrade tea brand globally
* We have biodiversity at our heart & we want to do the right thing
And you’ll get a solid rewards package – salary, car cash allowance, private healthcare, a target-based bonus, pension - and a bunch of other benefits.