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Category Manager

Employer
Blue Spark Organisation Ltd
Location
South East
Salary
£negotiable
Closing date
13 Jul 2015

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

Job Details

The Company

A business which pioneers innovation within their category and who also supply to the major retailers as well as high profile food services. As they develop and expand they are recruiting for new management within their Category team.

The Role

This excellent opportunity will see you focusing on long term category strategy, really developing and leading the way in innovation in addition to the successful running of the day to day range. Using your knowledge and insights you will lead range reviews to effectively identify which key categories are drumming up business and stopping low sales performers in their tracks, resolving potential issues. In addition you’ll be looking at trends and patterns within consumer and shopper habits, pinpointing unique opportunities and spotting up and coming trends.

Your superior insights, analysis and market knowledge will enable you to produce category marketing and merchandising plans which not only respond to market trends and customer needs but also adhere to agreed margin targets. You'll also be forging strong relationships with numerous links across the chain, keeping excellent communication channels open with internal departments including Sales, NPD & Supply Chain to achieve positive change and growth.

The Person

You'll be a confident and charismatic influencer with experience of negotiating at all levels, especially with retail customers and buyers. We’re looking for a team player with great adaptability, a focused mind and excellent commercial acumen.  You’ll have the ability to spot and manage emerging patterns and trends within ranges and categories with experience of how to drive category growth.

Crucially you will have worked within category management roles in the UK food industry and you will have past experience dealing with the UK major multiples, ideally with own label products. All levels of seniority will be considered. You will be flexible and happy to work between 2 sites and have proven time management, presentation and communication skills. You’ll need to have working knowledge of Neilsen/ IRI, Kantar and retailer loyalty card data and preferably merchandising experience too. 

If you are looking for your next career move send your application through today or call our office on 0845 2600 737.

Company

Blue Spark is a boutique recruitment consultancy for the Food and Drinks industry, satisfying a growing appetite for intelligent and ethical recruitment.

Working entirely free of commission, we source high calibre candidates for some of the most exciting organisations in the field.

Our friendly and creative consultants seek the perfect match with every appointment – be it graduate or director level, permanent or interim.

Established by Food professionals in 2006, our vast experience and intuitive grasp of market trends has earned us the superb reputation we enjoy today.

With a particular commitment to openness and innovation, Blue Spark offers a truly comprehensive range of recruitment solutions across all sectors of the Food and Drinks industry.

These include:

• Search and Selection

• Advertised Search

• Executive Search

• Database Search

• Proactive Candidate Generation

So whether you're seeking that dream job in Food and Drink, or the perfect people for your growing business, Blue Spark can deliver.

 

Company info
Telephone
0845 2600 737
Location
Blue Spark Organisation Ltd
34 / 36 The Broadway
Haywards Heath
RH16 3AL
GB

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