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Category Controller

Employer
HJ Human Capital Group
Location
South Yorkshire / Nottinghamshire
Salary
Up to £85,000 plus Benefits
Closing date
13 Aug 2014

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Category Management, Marketing

Hudson James Human Capital Group are currently partnering with one of the largest food manufacturing businesses in the UK on a number of interesting opportunities.

Are you a looking for a new role within Category / Marketing at a Controller Level? Do you have strong category experience within the food manufacturing area? Do you have strong relationships within the top 4 retailers?

As Category Controller you will be working closely with Tesco’s and other Top 5 retailers; this is across the Food to Go division.

This role will have 3 Category Managers reporting into it, 1 Insight Manager and 2 Category Executives reporting indirectly into it. You will have overall responsibility for the performance of the category team as; this role is vital to driving the growth of the business threw growth of the customers businesses. This role will also be working closely with the commercial director in order to ensure the strategy across the Food to Go division is met.

Key Responsibilities:

  • You will be responsible for the development and mentoring of your team; this will include working with the divisional commercial director and the account director. You will be enhancing the teams skills set and knowledge within the category insight.
  • You will identifying key UK market opportunities for growth by driving the generation of category and shopping insight.
  • You will also be working with the Insight Manager in order to develop 5 year growth projections across a number of divisions and ensure that our category insight into the market is the best. You will also be working with the Insight Manager in order to monitor competitors within the market and whatever threat they may pose.
  • You will be working with the customers in order to meet their needs and encourage their growth which will effectively grow the company you are working for also.

To be successful in this role it is essential that you have previous experience within the Food to Go division working with the top 4 retailers at a Senior Category level. You should be able to interact and communicate effectively with different levels of people as you will be working closely with different departments within the business.

For more information please contact Sophie at Hudson James Human Capital Group on sophie@hudsonjames.co.uk or on 0113 320 2430.

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