Category Manager / Midlands / Successful Food Manufacturer / c£40,000 + Excellent Package
- Employer
- DR Newitt
- Location
- Midlands
- Salary
- c£40,000 + £5,500 car allowance + bonus + Excellent Package
- Closing date
- 7 Mar 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing
Job Details
My client is a highly successful food manufacturer supplying branded product into major retailers, looking for a talented Category Manager to join their team. The ideal candidate will have experience with Kantar, Neilson, Dunnhumby or IRI within the FMCG sector.
The Role:
- Working in alignment with the Category team, provide recommendations to retailers with regards to optimum range, pricing, promotions, merchandising and innovation
- Build relationships with retailer contacts and drive existing and new business across the retail trade
- Create the innovation pipeline for the brand and provide category inputs and trade selling story
- Build and execute the brands’ category plan alongside the Sales team
- Work with the marketing team to identify and execute category opportunities
- To support Marketing and Sales in the annual brand and account planning processes
- Develop category tools
- Champion and be the voice of the brands’ shopper both internally and externally through the development of category stories shared via one page summaries
The Candidate:
- 3+ years of FMCG experience
- Negotiation skills
- Knowledge of joint business planning
- Knowledge of shopper marketing processes
- Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills
- Graduate calibre
- Highly numerate
- Advanced use of ACN, Kantar, DunnHumby & IRI analytical tools
- Commercially aware – previous experience in commercial dept
- Strong presentational skills
- Strong analytical skills & proven ability to deliver actionable insight
- Able to articulate data concepts to a non-expert audience
What’s On Offer:
c£40,000 + £5,500 car allowance + bonus + Excellent Package
Company
D R Newitt are Food, Drink and FMCG recruitment specialists providing permanent and interim recruitment services:
We offer Headhunting, Search & Selection and Advertising services across the following disciplines:
• Sales
• Marketing and Category
• Executive
• Supply Chain / Buying
• Technical / Quality
• NPD / Process / Development Chefs
• Operations / Manufacturing
• Engineering
• HR and Finance
To enquire about a specific role or to have a confidential discussion about your career path, call or email us:
- Edinburgh Office 0131 226 5060
- Manchester Office 0161 833 0181
- Website
- http://www.drnewitt.com/
- Telephone
- 0131 226 5060
- Location
-
38 Melville Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 7HA
United Kingdom
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