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Interim Category Manager

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
North West England
Salary
£72000 per annum + or up to £50,000 pr
Closing date
20 Nov 2014

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

Job Details



Our client is a market leading FMCG business with fantastic heritage and a portfolio of household name brands. To support a busy trading period a fixed term contract of 3 months has been arisen for an experienced Senior Category Manager.



Reporting to the Category Controller the role of Senior Category Manager plays a key role in the development and delivery of the category strategy. As category captain you will lead the category agenda within your designated retailer by implementing category, innovation and promotional strategies.

  • To develop and execute the annual customer category plan, influencing the customer to execute category vision, category, merchandising and promotional strategies, segmentation, category/consumer/shopper research and category initiatives.


  • To identify and manage customer specific category initiatives and projects to increase sales and profitability.


  • To lead and deliver the range, seasonal review and gap analysis processes with customers that deliver the category strategies, using a brand solution wherever possible. Actively manage the range through Portfolio Management and the distribution tracker to facilitate better management of the tail and drive distribution of best sellers to respond to shopper demand.


  • To lead and deliver merchandising reviews and category POP tactics as needed with customers, managing store trials and roll out plans as appropriate


  • To lead and deliver promotions tactics with the customer including regular reporting, influencing and evaluating customer promotions. Quarterly promotions meetings with the customer.


  • To provide regular category performance tracking (monthly and quarterly) to the customer (using internal information and/or retailer specific data) and to maintain category analytical tools as appropriate.




You will have at least 4 years category management experience gained in an FMCG setting. You will have a full understanding of the category management, range review and innovation processes with a proven track record of pro-active category management for a major grocery retail account.

Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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