FMCG - Category Analyst
- Employer
- Vertical Advantage
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £22000 - £25000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
- Closing date
- 25 May 2016
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Sales
Job Details
My client is a leading house-hold name FMCG brand, looking for a Category Analyst to help identify opportunities in the market and drive their growth.
In this role you will be responsible for designing, implementing and measuring methods that test category building across a variety of areas including; range & distribution, pricing & promotions, availability and space & merchandising.
You will then look to provide data driven insights, analyses and recommendations to customers aligning all activities and plans with the category vision and strategic growth drivers. You will work closely with relevant internal teams helping to deliver the brands commercial strategic objectives.
The ideal candidate for this role will have previous data management experience and have the ability to work with large raw data sets and pull out relevant information and then turn that into actionable recommendations.
- Be of degree calibre, ideally business or marketing related
- Have strong Excel skills, this will be tested at interview stage - ability to do Macros, pivot tables and dashboards is a must
- Experience with Neilson, Kantar or RSI
This is a great opportunity to move into work with a leading brand in its category, which can offer great training and career development across either category, sales or marketing roles.
Company
Vertical Advantage have a rich history in sourcing within the FMCG and Grocery marketplace. We specialise in placing candidates in the mid to senior end of the market within Category Management, National Accounts, Marketing, Supply Chain and Logistics.
We guarantee comprehensive support and expert guidance through professional consultants with proven track records from industry. At Vertical Advantage we are proud of how accomplished our people are and how they have built exceptional networks over their time in the recruitment sector. It is these networks that will give you confidence to work with us.
Our first instinct is to search and this is ingrained in the fabric of our work. We leave no stone unturned to deliver exceptional people for exceptional businesses. Our way of operating suits today's working lifestyle where people are short on time and need to make hiring decisions based on seeing low numbers of high calibre candidates.
Vertical Advantage is a lean, flexible consultancy that works with our clients and candidates to find the right solutions for them.
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