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Category Manager - Impulse Channel

Employer
SmithCarey Recruitment
Location
Based at our prestigious offices in Hook
Salary
highly competitive salary, £6,000 car allowance and a generous bonus 30%
Closing date
30 Apr 2012

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

Job Details

Category Manager
Impulse Channel – MS/1297
Based at our prestigious offices in Hook

The company

Owned by independent distiller William Grant & Sons, who operate in 180 markets worldwide, First Drinks boasts a brand portfolio that includes the world’s number one single malt whisky Glenfiddich as well as Grant’s, Tullamore Dew, The Balvenie, Hendrick’s Gin and Sailor Jerry. We also manage Rémy Martin, Tia Maria, Cointreau and Disaronno, to name just a few. First Drinks is now the country’s leading supplier of premium spirit brands in the UK Off Trade*. We’re investing heavily in building our brands in the UK this year and, with big plans for the future, this level of success is set to ramp up even more.

This is a company that blends a rich heritage with an exciting vision. An environment that offers the freedom to explore fresh ideas and question accepted wisdom. A place where you can be inspiring, be bold and be yourself. So if you’re looking for true professional challenge and exceptional reward, this could be the perfect choice.

The role

With responsibility for the Impulse Channel, this role is truly cross-functional. Reporting to the Head of Category Management you will work cross-functionally both internally and externally to drive category performance within a number of key customers including category captaincy leadership. Key activities will be driven by consumer insight including ranging, merchandising, price together with brand plan alignment to individual customer trading strategies. You will also assume responsibility of becoming the internal UK market category brand champion for two of our major brands.

The person

We’re looking for a graduate with Category Management or Customer Marketing experience at Executive or Manager level within an FMCG food, drink and non-food branded company. Alternatively, you may be working in the Drinks sector in Off-Trade Impulse Channel National Account Management but now looking to develop your career in Category Management. Either way, you have a deep understanding of the UK marketplace and the commercial challenges facing business. You can influence at all levels and bring well-honed skills in data analysis, category range reviews, presentation, IT and project management. The role is office based in Hook and you’ll need to live within one hour’s commute.

The rewards

You’ll enjoy a highly competitive salary, £6,000 car allowance and a generous bonus 30% as well as a superb benefits package. What’s more, in order to ensure you can reach your full potential and achieve your ambitions, we offer plenty of opportunities for development.

To apply for this role, please email our retained consultant Mark Smith at SmithCarey Limited quoting reference number MS/1297, including your up-to-date CV and salary details. Email mark@smithcarey.co.uk or telephone 01488 649360. For further information, visit our recruitment website www.pioneeringspirit.co.uk

Closing date: 30th April 2012
www.smithcarey.co.uk

*Bottles that retail for £20+ per 70cl (or 70cl equivalent). Nielsen MAT Data to 3rd October 2011

Company

As specialists in Sales & Marketing Recruitment and Training, SmithCarey Ltd have extensive knowledge and experience of the FMCG market and all trade channels from the recruitment and corporate perspective, which together with face-to-face contact ensures that we understand both our clients and candidates needs. We are fully committed to building long-term client and candidate relationships based on trust and results, which ensures candidates can effectively manage their ‘career road map’ and get the right job, not just any job, as well as ensuring our clients select the best talent.

We are passionate and committed to helping ambitious, commercial talent achieve their potential in some of food and drink’s most progressive and respected companies.

Our services at SmithCarey embrace retained recruitment consultancy, interim management and training, with our FMCG clients ranging from major bluechips to medium and small companies across food, drink and non-food, branded and own label.

Spanning both the corporate and the recruitment viewpoint, our Consultants have an outstanding track record of knowledge and experience in the FMCG market – specifically Sales & Marketing, including; National Account Management, Category Management, Customer Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Field Sales, International Sales Management and Brand Marketing.

We take our relationship with you, the candidate - and you, the client - very seriously. What you can expect from us is honest advice and real assistance at an individual level. We understand your concerns, we can get on your wavelength, and we can produce the results you want – be it a major career move to steer you in the right direction with your future ‘career road map’ or simply some welcome guidance and support.

The SmithCarey team are passionate in their belief that companies who want to attract top talent need to invest and take a more proactive approach, even before vacancies arise, by creating an employer branding talent attraction strategy. We have invested heavily in both resource and new technology to embrace the LinkedIn/Facebook generation, through social networking tools and other media.

Everything we do is done with passion, professionalism and integrity. We operate with strict confidentiality and never send out CVs without prior consent, recommend candidates without thorough screening or market false positions to attract response.

Our message to people who have the drive and energy to be a success is to come and talk to us. We can help by advising you what’s out there, provide support with your ‘career roadmap’ for how you might progress, together with advice on how to make it happen and, who knows, we might have the perfect position for you right now!

Take a look at our current opportunities; then email with a covering letter, stating your current remuneration package and a copy of your CV to one of our Consultants.

For Recruitment:

Mark Smith - mark@smithcarey.co.uk - mobile 07747 847214

Maria Murphy – mariam@smithcarey.co.uk – mobile 07745 184922

For Training:

Paul Carey - paul@smithcarey.co.uk – mobile 07786 745165

Or for any other general enquiries call 01488 649360 or email: directors@smithcarey.co.uk or visit our website www.smithcarey.co.uk

We look forward to helping you manage your future ‘career road map’ and assisting you in building a successful Sales or Marketing career in the exciting world of FMCG.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01488 649 360
Location
SmithCarey Limited
PO Box 735
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 9PH
United Kingdom

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