Category Executive (Office Based) Food

Category Executive - Food

Office Based, Surrey

• £28,000 - £32,000
• Company Car
• Laptop
• Mobile Phone
• 10% Bonus
• Gym Membership

About our Client:

My client is based in the South East, and is a well-known and established force in the market with strong brands and an exciting private label offering.  Operating across multiple categories, my client offers a huge amount of career development opportunity, flexibility and an autonomous working environment

About the Role:

This is a fantastic category executive role for someone who is looking for recognition and progression. You will be working on all of the top 6 accounts (Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrison’s, M&S, Asda, Ocado + more) on a monthly rotation basis with exposure to both private label and branded products.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for analysis and therefore spotting of trends in the market
• Able to present findings successfully to key internal stakeholders using PowerPoint and tailored software
• Build an understanding of customer objectives and direction
• Plan, develop, agree strong data driven arguments
• Maximise commercial value of consumer insight data
• Review pre and post promotional activity analysis to maximise key learnings

Planning

• Develop plans at an operational level in order to build specified categories of business within the customer to deliver short and long term company, customer and consumer objectives
• Develop projects with the internal team to ensure future growth of the business

About You:

Desired Skills and Experience

• High working level of SAP and Excel
• Knowledge of Nielsen, IRI, Dunnhumby and EPOS Data
• Ideally come from a strong FMCG business, but experience from a data house is welcomed.
• Effective communicator  - able to negotiate and influence

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and can manage cross functional relationships
• Strong attention to detail

• Creates a positive environment while remaining focused on priorities and tackling obstacles

About Us:

PIE Recruitment gets straight to the point – we don’t just find great individuals – we build great teams. With specialist delivery across the Sales & Marketing spectrum we offer insight and expertise into the Consumer, Retail, Technology, Automotive and Business to Business Markets.

Founded by an experienced team with a passion for customer experience and effective delivery we provide the full range of recruitment solutions – contingent, retained search, advertised selection, talent pooling and discrete, informative market mapping.

Contact us for more information on 01494 590404 / info@pie-recruitment.com