Senior Category Manager
- Employer
- Wrigley c/o Jarlett de Grouchy
- Location
- Reading, Berkshire
- Salary
- £55k - £60k + car allowance + bonus
- Closing date
- 4 Dec 2014
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing
Senior Category Manager (55k - £60k + car allowance + bonus)
Some companies like to rewrite the rules. At Wrigley we tend to leave that to our people. You see, we’re big believers that a great idea can come from anywhere, and anyone. We think convention is there to be challenged. We pride ourselves on being nimble and dynamic providing a great work place where being vocal and innovative is encouraged, and although we have a fantastic heritage which stretches back to 1911 in the UK, nothing here is ever set in stone. It means our people – our associates – have huge scope to put their own stamp on world-renowned brands like Extra®, Orbit®, Starburst® and Skittles®. In return you’ll get challenging, interesting work, all the tools you need to do a great job plus the freedom to grab everything that’s within your reach and use it to drive a great career.
The Role:
As Senior Category Manager, you will be responsible for collaborating for mutual growth opportunities with the Impulse and RTM channels. Leading a team of three direct reports, you will be accountable for working with the RTM & Impulse channel teams to ensure our category & commercial strategies are complementary & that they can evolve to meet the ever changing needs of our customers & shoppers.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Leading the Impulse and RTM category team, and building a high performing team that is focused and well organised to achieve the strategic category agenda for the channel.
- Partnering with Impulse and RTM Trading Directors.
- Being responsible for line management of 3 direct reports
- Delivering fact based category reviews with key strategic Impulse and RTM customers
- Accountability for working collaboratively with key strategic customers on strategic category initiatives, driving category improvements that drive growth and improvements for the shopper.
- Executing Wrigley strategic priorities (e.g. FE, Transactions) with Impulse and RTM customers
- Ensuring all category and shopper data and services are sweated to deliver maximum return on investment and excellence in fact based insight.
- Accountability for the teams’ delivery of Impulse channel range & space (POGs) solutions.
- Accountability for teams’ delivery of the bottom-up NPD builds
The candidate
This role will suit someone with proven success within a branded FMCG environment. We are confident our unrivalled training and development program will set you up to win in this position, hence we will consider candidates from category/shopper or account management backgrounds. You will have excellent leadership abilities and potential to develop a winning team within Wrigley.
To Apply
Please send your CV direct to our recruitment partners at J-DEG by clicking on the 'Apply Now' button below who will be in touch shortly. Please note ALL 3rd party applications will be send to J-DEG.
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