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Category Manager

Employer
Mars Petcare c/o Online Resourcing
Location
Waltham, Leicestershire
Salary
£39,000 - £52,000 + Company Car, Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Closing date
2 Dec 2015

Make Career Development Mean More at Mars

Mars Petcare is a segment of Mars Inc, a family-owned company with worldwide annual sales of over £24billion. Since 1932 we've been producing iconic brands in the UK, including Pedigree, Whiskas and Cesar, as well as Galaxy, Uncle Ben's and Dolmio.  As one of the world's top FMCG organisations, we have an enviable reputation for the quality of our associates and our successful, innovative brands.

Based from our Petcare head office in Waltham on the Wolds, only a 30 minute drive from Nottingham, Leicester and Loughborough, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Category Manager.

Partnering with our customers to deliver category growth for total pet, this Category Manager role contributes and leads independent thinking and understanding of how to develop category plans to help grow the UK Petcare Category for the top 5 grocery accounts. That means;

  • Delivering best in class category leadership within the retailer by taking an objective total category perspective when providing market, consumer and shopper insights
  • Championing objectivity internally and externally to secure category captaincy or supplier of choice
  • Represent your customer within the business to ensure we have the right pack and portfolio to meet their needs
  • Lead Category review process for customers – working on range and shelf
  • Responsible for delivering NPD into the customer
  • Deliver competitive advantage through ensuring we develop strategic direction and vision for the category

For the Category Manager you'll need a degree in Business Studies or Marketing or another related topic – for example Business, Accountancy or Market Research, along with proven ability to deliver against the key responsibilities highlighted above. Comfortable with data and its innovative potential, you'll be able to lead independent thinking and develop category plans that will help us to continue to grow the UK Petcare Category. As Category Manager you'll also need to be:

  • a great communicator
  • strong on collaborative working
  • a proven strategic planner and innovator
  • a creative thinker

So if you have that real customer focus, drive for results and a cultural fit to Mars, we can't wait to hear from you.

If interested in the Category Manager then please click on the APPLY button below.

Reference number for the Category Manager: OLR09973

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