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Category Manager - Top 4 Grocery Multiples

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
Yorkshire and the Humber
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
31 Aug 2015

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

Job Details



Our client is a market and category leading FMCG business with an impressive history of growth delivered through a commitment to innovation, understanding that category is the key to achieving their vision. Our client is looking to further accelerate their performance with the appointment of a best in class Category Manager.

Reporting to the Category Controller, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Category Management for Grocery Multiple customers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering category management strategy across grocery retail customers, including insight generation & reporting, management of range review and innovation. The candidate will understand that category is the key to success and have the desire to really make a difference.

In order to be considered for this role, you should have:
  • Experience in an FMCG company with specialist category management experience.
  • Excellent communication and management skills
  • The ability to generate and evaluate creative ideas
  • Previous experience working within a role for a major retailer or within a food manufacturing environment would be an advantage
  • An enthusiastic, committed and flexible approach.






Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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