Category Manager (Full-time OR Part-time opportunity)

A unique opportunity is available for a Category Management professional who is either experienced and looking for part-time or someone perhaps with less experience seeking a full-time position. Either or, it’s a great time to be joining this business who continues to see growth throughout the channels and is expanding its Category business unit.

You will lead the creation and delivery of category support across a number of key retailers with the view of achieving a “pro-active partner” status with a long-term view.  Working with market data, you will present compelling stories to the customer and the wider internal team whilst having the influential skills to deal with possible objections both from internally or the customer. Working with the senior category manager, you will lead the vision for growth and work collaboratively to ensure that development meets the category strategy agreed between the business and the customers.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Experience of working within an FMCG organisation within a category or marketing function
• Working knowledge of market data such as Kantar, Nielsen and EPoS data
• Flexible of working in either a full-time OR part-time position
• Ability to identify gaps in category and understand how to use insights and convert in to development by delivery strong recommendations
• Must be comfortable with working within the Midlands / M1 corridor

** This role will suit an experienced CatMan looking for Part-time or a proven Category Exec / Junior CatMan looking to move their career forwards as a permanent role is available.

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