Category Manager - On the Go
- Employer
- Vertical Advantage
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £35000 - £45000 per annum + excellent bonus
- Closing date
- 5 Jul 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Buying, Category Management, National Accounts
Job Details
Role: Category Manager
Location: London
Overview:
Strategic Category role responsible for driving category sales through customer facing initiatives. You will be the category captain and trusted adviser in the On the Go channel.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and measure in-store trials with key customers ensuring to establish category led innovation strategy
- Deliver initiatives which are channel specific and meet Commercial objectives
- Ensure alignment of all category activity and plans to overall category vision and fundamentals
- Provide data-driven insights, analysis and recommendations to designated channel that enable long-term growth in the category, paying special attention to Range & Distribution, Space & Merchandising, Availability and Pricing & Promotions
- Work closely with National Account Manager's, Channel Manager's to optimise business performance
- Build and develop credible relationships with Buyers/Category Merchandising/Category Marketing within your designated customer-base
Experience Required:
- Degree educated
- Existing Category / National Accounts experience in a big-branded FMCG environment
- Customer-facing experience
- Use of consumer, shopper, market data and planogram software (Spaceman)
- Able to grasp retail and shopper psychology
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a reasonable amount of FMCG (or Top 4 Retail) experience, who is commercial in their thinking, whilst having strong analytical and numerical skills and is looking to make the switch into Category.
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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