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Category Development Executive - multi-national food manufacturing business

Employer
Empty Box Recruitment Ltd
Location
South London, Surrey
Salary
c£24k, car allowance, bonus, pension, healthcare
Closing date
17 Oct 2014

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

Job Details

Our client is one of the world’s largest Food businesses and it’s UK business has grown ten-fold since 2003, establishing a strong branded & private-label business with all the major UK multiple retailers, independents, wholesalers & out-of-home customers.

They are currently looking to recruit a Category Development Executive to support the Category Manager with the provision of useable market insight to both internal and external stakeholders.

Your main objectives will include monitoring, analysing, and reporting on promotional activities and providing feedback on their effectiveness, both within the business to the Marketing and Sales teams, and in presentations to customers. 

You will also be responsible for formatting and analysing market numbers, interpreting the findings in order to provide category rationale for new listings and NPD, in order to increase the Company’s product distribution, gain new listings and to continue to develop our position as category partners.

The ideal candidate will be of graduate calibre with strong numerical analysis skills. You will be energetic and enthusiastic, with the ability to communicate and build relationships at all levels both within the business, but also with our customers and external agencies.

This position would suit a recent graduate, ideally with a Business-related degree, an industrial placement and one year’s work experience although we will consider graduates from different degree disciplines. Any previous experience within the FMCG / Retail sectors would be ideal.

This position will give the successful individual a unique opportunity to build a career with a major international business. 

Company

WIth over 40 years of combined senior managerial experience in large, blue-chip FMCG businesses (including Mars, Nestle & Premier Foods) our 2 partners understand the industry & job roles in great detail. Given the increasing consolidation within the Retail Sector and the resulting pressure on margins, space availability and New Product Development cycles, people are rapidly becoming an organisation's greatest asset. Our goal at Emptybox is to help you recruit those people who will make a real difference to your business; people with the right experience , the right skills and the right attitude. Equally, when taking the difficult decision to move people out of your business, our Outplacement Service can play a major role in helping the process work in a seamless, ethical and positive way.
Company info
Website
Telephone
01226 770996
Location
Barnsley Business Innovation Centre Ltd
Innovation Way
Wilthorpe
Barnsley
S75 1JL
GB

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