Category Manager
- Employer
- Advocate Group
- Location
- North Yorkshire
- Salary
- £40k - 50k per year
- Closing date
- 16 May 2019
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing
Job Details
Are you a seasoned pro when it comes to Category Management? Looking for a new challenge to get your teeth in to? Do you want full autonomy of the strategy and the freedom to manage your own desk?
In this role you will be fully responsible for the category management of the full product range for a market leading FMCG food and beverage Company. The company is very successful and well known within their field. For this you will work closely with the Category Director to a) sort out/ reduce the product range b) provide market insight c) Look at data and trends d) provide future plans e) be able to present and justify your plans. This is why we need a seasoned pro for this role. It is a big challenge but one that will add significant value to this multi-billion pound company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse market and consumer data
- Cross functional working with sales team
- Category reviews, range reviews, NPD, new product presentations
- Develop shopper activation plans
- Market insight
- Strategy/ annual plan
- Future plans
- Present to board
- Build external relationship with key customers
Package: £40,000 - £50,000 plus car allowance, bonus and excellent benefits.
SKILLS REQUIRED
- 3+ years Category Management experience
- FMCG background Food or Beverage – essential
- Retail category experience
- Data analysis experience
- Consumer and shopper research techniques
- Experience of working cross divisionally
- Experience of working with Buyers
- Presentation skills
- Commercially astute
- Internal and external communication skills
To apply directly please send a copy of your CV to Nikita.pottinger@advocate-group.co.uk or alternatively please apply via the link below.
Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 3 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.
Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.
Company
We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.
As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function.
Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists.
Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.
What Do We Offer?
- 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.
That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.
- 96% employee retention.
Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.
- 92% right-first-time shortlists.
Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.
- 28 days average time to hire.
From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.
Our Recruitment Solutions:
Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping
Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:
📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Website
- http://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0333 772 7200
- Location
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The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB
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