12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Do you want to drive the advancement of category analysis within Cereal Partners UK (CPUK)?

Do you want to lead the focus on recommendations and strategic advice based on solid insight internally and externally?  Then this could be the Category Insights Manager role for you….

Our Story

Nestlé SA is the world’s largest Health, Wellness & Nutrition business, employing over 7000 employees in the UK alone. Cereal Partners Worldwide was formed in 1990 as a joint venture between Nestlé S.A. and American food giant General Mills. Our global Head Office is situated in Lausanne, Switzerland, with the regional office located in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.

At Cereal Partners UK we have established ourselves as one of the largest cereal manufacturers in the UK, making many well-loved brands with a long heritage, such as Shredded Wheat, first introduced over a hundred years ago. Our aim is simple: to provide high quality, nutritious and great tasting breakfast cereals. We are on a mission to create a nation of Cereal Lovers!

Our Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Category Insights Manager who will focus on championing what is best for the Cereal Category and ultimately delivering growth for our customers and CPUK.

As Category Insights Manager you’ll;

• be responsible for designing and executing the annual insight plan
• demonstrating category thought leadership and highlighting short term and long term growth opportunities
• you will proactively manage customer Range Reviews, merchandising changes, store trials and adhoc projects
• providing fact based recommendations and solutions
• ensuring all key customer deadlines are met

You’ll contribute to the annual category planning process to clearly drive the strategic direction for your key customers and ensure the category growth agenda is always top of mind.

You

To be Category Insights Manager you’ll;

• be a graduate or of graduate calibre
• you will have Category Insights experience in a blue chip, FMCG business (or similar)
• you’ll have a proven track record in being a data expert – interrogating all available data resources including TNS/IRI/IGD/DH/LMG/Him to generate insight and champion data usage across the business

You’ll be comfortable in a role that plays to your communicative style and be able to provide consultant advice to support the sales team to highlight distribution, range or promotional strategy opportunities for CPUK.  You will have experience working with external customers and be comfortable presenting data and insight on a regular basis

You’ll be;

• robust and tenacious
• want to help develop merchandising recommendations to drive category growth
• ensure CPUK’s fair share of space and optimal product placement is achieved via head office agreement and via equipping our field sales team
• you’ll enjoy collaborating with global community managers to further the CPUK expertise and culture.

If you have the necessary skills to apply for the Category Insights Manager role, we want to hear from you. If you prove yourself, this really could be an opportunity to progress your career with a global FMCG business – whilst this is a fixed term contract; if you shine then there may well be further opportunities for you with Nestlé.

The closing date for this Category Insights Manager role is 17th August 2015. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application, click on the APPLY button below.

Reference number for Category Insights Manager: OLR09377

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