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European Head of Category

Employer
Paul Nyman Consultancy
Location
North West
Salary
£to attract the best + senior benefits package
Closing date
27 Mar 2015

Job Details

Paul Nyman Consultancy are looking for a European Head of Category Management to take on a high influence, high impact role with a major FMCG player in the North.

The Business

As one of the major FMCG employers in the North, this business has a solid base in both UK and European markets. They have gone through significant growth in the last 10 years, fuelled by constant first to market NPD innovation led by exemplary market knowledge and delivered by an impressive commercial & marketing team. Looking forward, they will continue to grow and prosper through becoming even better at their core strengths and so plan to recruit an exceptional European Head of Category to work across their core category. 

The Role

By ensuring they have an optimised, innovative, compliant and competitive group portfolio, this role will be an enabler of Business Unit’s future growth by exploring new category and country opportunities.

Efficient and timely product development will be key to the next evolution in the relationship with their customer base. Benefiting from flexible manufacturing capability, the next step will see a concerted strategy consolidate the company’s strong reputation for innovation. Continued development and re-development of the product base to meet ever-changing consumer need has given the business an expansive and highly complex product range. This role will lead the local Business Unit management team and help to drive consumer and customer orientated thinking into the commercial planning process.

The European Head of Category Management is also expected to contribute to a continual programme of improvement through been an integral member to the category leadership team.

The Individual

You will ideally have a background to a senior level spanning product management, category development and production with a strong commercial undertone, with experience working in an own label high sku category. More importantly, you will have a hunger to join this company in its rapid pursuit of dominance within the category. Man Management, project management and strategic foresight will be backed up by a gravitas that will allow you to interface at a senior level across the group.

Paul Nyman Consultancy specialise in FMCG Sales Jobs, Marketing Jobs, NPD Jobs & Category Jobs across the UK.

Company

Paul Nyman Consultancy, was established in 2004 to support the FMCG sales, marketing , Category and NPD markets, after Paul was made redundant and toured the UK recruitment market seeking employment to pay the mortgage.

During this journey he identified some of the most important characteristics for job seekers hunting for a new role:

  • Understand what  I, as a candidate can do.
  • Honestly tell me why I cannot perform in the role I applied for.
  • Know how your clients can advance my career.
  • Get back to me.
  • Don’t BS me. 

These have become entwined in the approach the team at Paul Nyman Consultancy take to support individuals achieve career success across the UK and Europe.

We offer not just recruitment, but wider career support and development through workshops which include national and international recruitment and development experience.

Not just a recruiter.

We enjoy being career developers.

Company info
Website
Telephone
07956 029 624
Location
Paul Nyman Consultancy
Waterside
Old Boston Road
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS22 5NB
United Kingdom

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