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Category Manager

Employer
Jarlett de Grouchy
Location
England, Surrey, Egham
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
2 Feb 2017

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

Job Details

Category Manager - Asda
Maternity Cover - 9-12 months
Location - Flexible. South-East, Midlands or North

Working on the Chilled Food category of at this superb FMCG you will be working with Asda to help drive a profitable relationship.

Lead contact for everything category, marketing & Insight related including;
*Marketing plans & communications; Activation; POS; Events
*Weekly / Monthly Category, NPD & Performance Analysis; Promotional Reporting, Ranging & Space Optimisation
*Project management
*Drive best in-class execution in-store & .com
*Voice of the consumer & shopper

This is a fixed term contract for 9-12 months (maternity cover). Our client are not paying a day rate for this role.

The Person We Need Will Be:
*Able to regularly draw conclusions to support category arguments drawing on different data sources
*Good understanding of the use and application of various category management information sources eg, continuous, qualitative, loyalty and retailer specific
*Knowledge of key retailers, brand performance and positioning
*Understanding who key competitors are within a category and maintenance of developing competitor matricies.
*Knowledge and understanding of the innovation / npd process.
*Understanding RSP hierarchies / tiering and which promo mechanics suit what objective.
*Ideally with have used Retailink, Kantar and Nielsen

Company

J-DEG are a sales and marketing recruitment agency specialising in the FMCG sector. Our team combines of 30 years experience working within this sector, and we are proud to be recruitment partners to some of the UK's most prestigeous consumer businesses.

Our specialist knowledge and expertise, combined with a passion for our industry, will help you to discover your next exciting career move or newest team member.

We specialise in the following roles:

  •          Sales
  •          Marketing
  •          Category
  •          Insight and Research
  •          Shopper

Stay up to speed with the UK's most exciting and exclusive roles! Register your CV to enquiries@jdeg.co.uk or submit your enquiry by clicking here and one of our specialists will be in touch.

Company info
Location
8-9 Stephen Mews
Fitrovia
W1T 1AF
GB

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