Interim Category Manager - Grocery
- Employer
- IGNATA Retail & FMCG
- Location
- Northamptonshire
- Salary
- £40k - 45k per year + OR DAILY RATE
- Closing date
- 17 Feb 2015
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Sales
Job Details
An exciting opportunity has opened for an interim Category Manager to join a sucessful FMCG business with market leading brands. This role would suit a current Category Manager who can cover a maternity leave. Daily rate or pro rata salary is available.
The successful candidate will aim to gain a competitive advantage and improve market share helping to guide and execute a clear category strategy using customer and consumer insights to support key business opportunities. You will be wholly responsible for providing actionable insights to influence business decision making within your categories. Working with external agencies, internal experts and the global Consumer & Market Insights team, you will be expected to proactively support and drive better ways of working within your categories, using a collaborative approach to challenge current process and thinking.
Candidates should have a proven track record in the application of insights in the FMCG industry, strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills, experience working with Neilson/Kantar/IRI Agency data. This opportunity will allow individuals a fantastic opportunity to gain experience and responsibility in heading up Insights and implenting plans and ideas back to Senior members of the Category team. Alternatively you will be from an agency managing retail or FMCG Accounts.
Company
Previously known as Exsurgo, Ignata was founded in 2011 and, in less than 10 years', we’ve grown to become one of the top 150 recruitment companies in the UK.
Specialising in Retail & FMCG, we are proud of the relationships we have developed and with 85% of our business coming from existing relationships, this is testament to the exceptional levels of service we provide.
Our areas of expertise are middle to senior management positions that focus on the customer. These include manager to director level positions across:
- Account Management
- Category Management
- Commercial Strategy (MS & P)
- Trade & Shopper Marketing
- Marketing and Insights
We partner with an enviable list of clients; not just global brand leaders, but also many SMEs and emerging entrepreneurial businesses. Key to our success is that we align ourselves with clients who aren’t just good at what they do, but also have a strong ethos and the values that enable candidates to have successful and progressive careers.
- Telephone
- 0203 056 4525
- Location
-
7 Swallow Place
London
W1B2AG
GB
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