INTERIM SENIOR CATEGORY MANAGER – BLUE CHIP FOOD BUSINESS

Interim Senior Category Manager – Blue Chip Food Business

Competitive day rate available

South East Based

Company

Our client is one of the top 10 most chosen brands in the UK and market leader in their category. They have enjoyed huge success over recent years and boast a fantastic portfolio of products helping them grow from just under £500m to over £1.5bn in 4 years. This is a business that is constantly expanding their product offering through both innovation and the acquisition of other businesses and has a clear strategy to deliver substantial growth and market dominance. Unlike many blue chip companies, there is little bureaucracy as they are privately owned; therefore you can expect a fast paced environment where decisions are made quickly.

The Role

On an interim basis you will take responsibility for our client’s largest customer – Tesco.

This is a business critical position which carries significant responsibility and you will be expected to spend significant time with the customer. Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement tailored merchandising solutions optimising the category opportunity for customers
• Advise customers on all elements of the marketing mix
• Provide insight to the business regarding the promotions, product availability and price
• Drive change programmes to improve promotional efficiency
• Develop and manage systems for data collection and distribution
• Ensure that our client is the first point of contact for category insight
• Evaluate and optimise promotional performance within specified account ensuring the retailer pursues a strategy that adds value
• Develop and implement merchandising solutions
• Maintain and sustain agenda and effective relationships

Requirements

To be considered for this position, you must have a proven back ground in Category Management, having worked for major FMCG businesses. Due to the importance of the customer, it is critical that you have worked with Tesco in the past so that you have an understanding of Dunnhumby and are able to turn insight into strong commercial propositions.

Other Key Requirements Include:

• High attention to detail
• Be self-motivated
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong team player
• Ability to work to tight deadlines

If you have the relevant experience and skills outlined above then please don’t hesitate to apply with a copy of your CV and covering information.