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Category Manager | Large Branded Business | Premium Retail Accounts | London

Employer
CSG.
Location
Office Based from Surrey - Just off M25 - Easily Commutable by Train or Car
Salary
Up to £55K + Car + Bonus + Benefits
Closing date
19 Nov 2014

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

Job Details

The Business

One of the largest players in their market, our client has an excellent track-record for strong product innovation and developing fantastic relationships at a top level through excellent category management. A significant budget has been earmarked for exciting brand projects and increased category resource. As part of this, they are looking to bring on board a category manager who has a passion for premium retail and who is able to balance the challenges of a branded and own-label product portfolio.

The Role

You will be responsible for driving relationships at a top level with two of the UK's most premium grocery retail accounts. You will use panel data and retail EPOS data to construct detailed insights into the market and opportunities within this. This will form the bedrock on which you will build collaborative business strategy going forwards, encompassing NPD, merchandising, PoS, range and mix. Equipped with an excellent budget and a supportive team of category analysts, you will be freed up to truly manage the growth strategy for the retailer, ensuring that you are the go-to expert on category questions.  

The Person

You will be operating at Category Manager level in blue-chip business, whether branded or own-label. You will have had in-depth experience of producing insights from a wide range of panel data-sets and retailer EPOS systems. Ideally, you will also have an understanding of the online retail environment and a good track record of integrating bricks and mortar strategy with this. Most importantly, you will have excellent attention to detail and the ability to translate and present intricate insights into commercial strategy with brevity and passion. These qualities will quickly earn you the reputation you deserve internally and lay the groundwork for rapid promotion.

How to Apply

If the above sounds of interest, please email your CV richard.bennigsen@bwpenman.com or call us on 0113 2585 150.

Company

Established in 2003, the Combined Selection Group source the world’s best talent for clients in over 50 countries globally, offering recruitment solutions in permanent, contract and executive search.

Operating from 10 international offices with regional hubs across the UK, EMEA, US & ASIAPAC.

Our Vision is to be the first and continuous choice, when managing both our clients’ global talent needs and candidates' long term careers.

Focusing on six major Practice areas of Built Environment, Consumer, Energy, Health & Social Care, Industrial Technology and Life Science sectors.

The company was formed in 2003 and in 2015 a rebrand brought together six previously separate recruitment brands (Blue Marble, BW Penman, Core Consulting, Core Care, Rilwood Associates and Whiterock Executive) under one new brand, CSG – The Global Talent Experts.

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