Category Manager
- Employer
- New Chapter
- Location
- South East (inc. London)
- Salary
- Up to £45,000 + generous car allowance + excellent benefits
- Closing date
- 21 Oct 2015
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing, Sales
Job Details
Are you a highly talented and ambitious individual, looking for a new and exciting challenge with a market leading branded food business?
We are looking for a passionate and motivated individual to join our client's team as a Category Manager, an extremely exciting opportunity in which you would be given access to the whole company portfolio spanning across both the UK and international markets. This is a truly exciting opportunity in which you will be the central driving force behind the brands continuous success, delivering ideas and solutions that engage shoppers and provide maximum value to the business and their key retailers.
In this role you will be responsible for:
- Driving category engagement with 2 of the major retailers in a customer facing role.
- Developing and building upon the relationships with the key retailers, being fully engaged to advise and collaborate with the retailers on all aspects of Category Management, promotional activity and developing the strategic direction to champion long term sustainable growth.
- Facilitate insight generation, NPD innovation, brand planning and commercial decision making.
The ideal candidate will:
- Be degree educated, with experience using and analysing continuous data.
- Strong Sales and/or Category Management experience within the FMCG market.
- Powerful communication skills and excellent self-awareness, with the ability to influence and build lasting relationships with key stakeholders.
This is an extremely exciting opportunity join a leading branded food business with both UK and international exposure. The Category team in particular are at the forefront of their strategic growth, with the team doubling in size in the past 2 years! This is a great opportunity to join a highly motivated and ambitious business, and become an integral part of the internal decision making where personal growth is encouraged, and ideas are meant to be heard.
Whilst we would like to respond to all our on-line applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive. If you've not heard from us within two weeks, unfortunately on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. For alternative opportunities or to register for jobs by email, please visit our website at www.newchapter.co.uk .
Company
Find a new opportunity with New Chapter...
New Chapter Consulting is a leading recruiter specialising in the Consumer/FMCG & Retail sectors. We believe in helping people and companies realise their potential and achieve their future ambitions. This important belief, coupled with an underlying commitment to service excellence in everything we do and a values-driven approach, makes us truly unique within the recruitment industry.
With offices in Leeds & London, we meet the needs of our clients and candidates through delivering successful solutions in a supportive and service-oriented way. Underpinned by an industry leading New Chapter promise to candidates, clients and candidates; we put service excellence at the heart of everything we do.
If you are an FMCG professional and would like to move your career on to the next level we should talk. Contact us regarding any of the featured opportunities or call us for a general discussion.
- Website
- http://www.newchapter.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0845 2000 741
- Location
-
Wellington Park House
Thirsk Row
Leeds
LS1 4DP
GB
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