Job Overview
My client is a global blue‑chip food company that wants to bring on a Category Manager or Senior Category Manager.
Responsibilities
* Lead and develop first class category & consumer insights making clear recommendations to both internal and external stakeholders.
* Be the expert in understanding the brand’s consumer, the category consumer of the future and how the brand will continue to recruit them including recommendations on price and promotions.
* Lead the consumer research to land lots more category breaking innovation over the coming years.
* Work closely with the sales team to maximise the performance of priority ranges within customers to improve distribution and ensure delivery of the commercial plan.
* Continue acting as category captains, and to maintain the current phase of growth with an element of sensitivity to the wider market.
* Build relationships and trust with key customers to positively influence core category performance for mutual benefit. Customer engagement through Category Reviews, Range Reviews, New Product Presentations and customer specific work e.g. Promotional analysis, Total Frozen category recommendations.
* Act as a category partner for a defined product area.
Qualifications & Experience
* Experience in a Category Manager or Senior Category Manager capacity.
* Experience working with data sets like IRI, Kantar, Dunhumby, Retail Link or HIVE.
* The ability to develop relationships with internal and external customers.
* The ability to influence others, manage projects and turn insights into actions.
The successful applicant will have experience in performing in an FMCG Category or Sales role, dealing with major Grocery Retailers. Any experience of working with a wider breadth of customers will be advantageous. You must be a team player with a positive attitude and be an excellent relationship builder, confident in presentation skill. Clearly you will be highly numerical, a whizz with data with a curious mind capable of delivering compelling insights. Consumer Insights is also key here as the business has BIG growth plans and given their market position needs to build on this!
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