Senior Category Manager
- Employer
- Thorntons
- Location
- Alfreton, Derbyshire
- Salary
- Competitive + Benefits & Bonus
- Closing date
- 11 Mar 2013
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing
Job Details
Senior Category Manager
Alfreton, Derbyshire
Competitive + Benefits & Bonus
NTXBV2079
Thornton’s are looking to recruit a Senior Category Manager who will be responsible for delivering category growth through detailed knowledge of market trends and competitor strategies.
About us
The commercial team are growing and this is a really exciting time to join them! In order to support this channel’s growth in the future a number of roles across the team have been created including several in the Customer Marketing team.
About the role
You will be the voice of the shopper in the commercial team, responsible for driving actionable insight from shopper research and market data. You will be working closely with Grocery Customers, Trade Marketing and Senior Business Managers to deliver category initiatives, range reviews, and joint business plans for mutual benefit of both parties and to push the business forward. The Senior Category Manager will report directly to the Category Controller.
About you
So, what sort of person are we looking for?. Key to the role is a real interest and passion for shopper insight. You will ideally be of graduate calibre and it is essential you have a strong background in category management. You will need to possess excellent numeracy and analytical skills and have experience of managing direct reports. Experience of working in an FMCG environment would be beneficial and you will also have solid project management, communication and excellent presentation skills. The position is office based when you’re not out visiting our customers.
Company
Thorntons have be making delicious chocolates for over one hundred years and we are proud to say we are Britain’s largest chocolate manufacturer and retailer. Thorntons began life as the dream of Joseph William Thornton who opened our first shop in October 1911 and now the business operates hundreds of stores across the UK, as well as having a presence on line and in the big multiples, producing some of the countries well known and best loved confectionary such as Continental, Thorntons fudge and our own secret recipe Special Toffee! We pride ourselves on producing not only the best chocolate but also the most passionate and dedicated people. Joining Thorntons is not only joining one hundred years of history, it also becoming part of a team that prize excellence and imagination and who continue to ensure we are the best sweet shop in town
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