Category Marketing Manager Job - Lincolnshire
- Employer
- Focus Management Consultants
- Location
- Lincolnshire
- Salary
- £55000 per annum + plus excellent benefits package
- Closing date
- 5 Aug 2014
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing, Sales
Job Details
My client is a well known and diverse food manufacturer operating globally. Due to expansion, our client is now looking to recruit a Category Marketing Manager to join the team in Lincolnshire.
As CategoryMarketing Manager you will operate across the full marketing mix taking a category management approach. You will be commercially astute, a strong influencer, involved in NPD and have gained experience in working in private label FMCG.
Key accountabilities include:
- Reporting to the Marketing Controller, you will be heavily involved in devising strategy for the category
- Take the lead in category reviews, providing rationale behind market trends
- Ensuring NPD is supported by robust consumer insight
- Initiate and implement market/ consumer led research, briefing agencies where appropriate
Successful candidates will:
- Have gained previous experience in operating in FMCG, food and private label
- Have demonstrable experience of operating across the full marketing mix
- Be numerical and analytically minded, familiar with category management, including category range reviews, gap and trend analysis
- Be strong communicators, able to communicate internally and externally at senior level
- Hold strong commercial acumen and hold solid influencing skills
- Be innovative, excited about NPD
- Have a can-do attitude, passionate about food and committed
My Lincolnshire based FMCG client is well known in it's field, operating globally across a vast amount of different product categories. A culture which is all about team work, innovation and a supportive environment, the business offers a huge amount of career progression opportunities.
My client is looking to move quickly, please don't hesitate in applying or getting in touch for further information.
Ref EJD11261 By Emilie Duncan
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Company
Founded in 1990, Focus delivers excellent recruitment solutions in the changing world of the food and drink industry. We are proud of our talented team of knowledgeable recruitment specialists covering all functions and sectors offering a bespoke service for our clients.
We provide Permanent and Interim recruitment solutions across Manufacturing, Retail, Foodservice, Food Technology, Product Development, Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, HR, Sales & Marketing from Graduate to Board Level.
We’ve worked across the globe, recruiting for start-ups through to large international organisations. We have helped and made a real difference to a vast array of clients working collaboratively as they recruit the very best talent to support their strategies.
Our guiding principles and culture are built on 3 pillars:
- An employee-owned business where we all thrive A business with a culture of pride, trust, kindness and wanting to be the BEST
- An environment that embraces lifestyle goals offering balance, fun and an engaging place to work
- Telephone
- 01625 560778
- Location
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Exchange House
Albert Road
Bollington
Cheshire
SK10 5HS
United Kingdom
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