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Category Planning Manager

Employer
Coca Cola Enterprises Ltd
Location
Uxbridge
Salary
£Competitive + Benefits
Closing date
13 Aug 2014

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Job Details

From a secret recipe to a bold idea and very proud traditions we build the future. Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) manufactures, distributes, sells and markets some of the world’s best brands in non-alcoholic beverages. We are a part of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc, the leading Western European marketer, distributor, and producer of bottled and canned liquid non-alcoholic refreshment and the world’s third-largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. Some of the brands you will find in our portfolio are Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Powerade®, Glaceau vitaminwater®, Monster® and Capri-Sun®.
 
Leading brands, great people, growth and the reward that comes with it: the raw materials for success are right here. But still, success depends on our people sharing thirst: a thirst for getting more and better from our people and systems, a thirst for pushing limits, and a thirst for the rigour and challenge of a fast moving business.
 
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing? Will you make an impact with your desire to win?
 
What you become a part of
 
You will be a vital part of the Home (grocery) team with opportunity to lead the progressive development and implementation of a Joint Category Plan with one of our major Home customers, Co-Op; and build a long term relationship with a specific goal to drive Soft Drinks category growth. You’ll combine shopper, customer, format and competitor data to develop compelling category focused insights, which appropriately challenge both the customer and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
 
What to expect
 
This is a stimulating and demanding role in which you can expect a lot of interaction with key customers in a large, dynamic and highly important category in GB. You will work with gifted people, in a team that is recognized across the industry as being amongst the best in its field.

  • Lead the creation of a blueprint for new strategic joint category planning process’ for the key convenience customers ensuring all strategies and tactics are implemented & evaluated.
  • Translation and adoption of CCE’s Category Vision and the relevant growth opportunities both internally and externally with key customers.
  • Develop and gain buy-in for appropriate tracking/scorecarding of the customer Category plan performance whilst evaluating, communicating and building contingency plans to ensure category growth stays on track.
  • Lead the development of CCE’s strategic initiatives with our customers; specifically looking at how range, space & merchandising can transform the fixture to make it easier for the shopper to see and find what they want.
  • Lead the development of the overall convenience and front of store strategy that will shape the thinking of the whole grocery team.

Qualifications
What we expect of you

  • You will continue to build on the great momentum that CCE has built up in this area over the last few years.
  • We are looking for applicants with a proven track record in customer facing roles for leading FMCG organizations.
  • Excellent communication and strong project management skills are essential as well as demonstrating the ability to influence, engage and work at pace.
  • You will have an understanding of the Category Planning 8 Step Process, building planograms (JDA) and can demonstrate defined analytical skills including the ability to use & understand Kantar and Neilsen data.
  • You will have knowledge and proven success of building a category business plan and show the ability and desire to effectively challenge retailers, trading teams and other senior stakeholders.

Application
If this role is of interest to you please upload a recent copy of your CV and someone from the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

Company

We manufacture, sell and distribute the products of The Coca-Cola Company and selected other beverage brands in Belgium, France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

Other bottlers in the Coca-Cola system look after the rest of the world.  Sound complicated?  Let us explain…

The Coca-Cola Company own the brands, develop new product ideas and produce brand marketing and advertising campaigns.  For example, when you see Coca-Cola adverts on TV or on a billboard - that's what they do.

As a bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises buys syrup concentrate from The Coca-Cola Company, and combines it with other ingredients to manufacture the products.  We also market, manufacture and distribute beverage brands independent of The Coca-Cola Company in selected territories. Coca-Cola Enterprises works with customers in Western Europe to get all of these products to market for consumers to enjoy.  When you are in one of these countries and see a Coca-Cola truck or a new Coca-Cola promotion in your local supermarket - that's what we do.

Coca-Cola Enterprises has more than 13,000 employees across our business, from supply chain and commercial teams to corporate functions like finance and human resources, contributing towards our goal to always "be the best beverage sales and customer service company". 

Company info
Location
Uxbridge
UB8 1EZ
GB

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