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Category Manager

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
North West England
Salary
£Competitive
Closing date
14 Oct 2015

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

Job Details



Our client is one of the UK's leading branded FMCG businesses, recognised as one of Britain's most loved brands the company has doubled it's turnover in the last ten years to become a £500 million business. Leading the way across multiple product categories and supplying every major retailer in the UK with values at the heart of all they do, our client is understandably one of the most sought after employers in the North West.

Our client is looking to add two Category Managers to their Category Management function, a department that has a high performance culture and can often be a springboard into other commercial functions within the business. As a Category Manager within this team you will be expected to be pro-active, taking the lead in identifying actionable recommendations for your customer unit team to deliver in order to enable the business to lead the category agenda to benefit customers, consumers and shoppers alike.

Key Responsibilities:

* Develop and execute the annual category plan to execute the category vision, merchandising and promotional strategies.
* Identify and manage customer specific category initiatives and projects to increase sales and profitability.
* Lead and deliver the range, seasonal review and gap analysis processes with customers.
* Range management.
* Lead and deliver the promotional calendar.
* Lead and deliver merchandising reviews and point of purchase tactics.
* Category performance tracking.

You will be a career minded, high calibre Category Manager with at least two years experience in a Category Management function. Full understanding of the category management and range review processes are essential as being highly numerate with a sharp analytical mind.

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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