Senior Category Manager
- Employer
- Vertical Advantage
- Location
- England, Middlesex
- Salary
- £50000 - £55000 per annum + car, bonus
- Closing date
- 1 Nov 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management
Job Details
As Senior Category Manager you will report into the Head of Category, working on a newly acquired category for the business. You will be responsible for:
- Building relationships with your customer, showing category thought leadership and helping deliver ongoing improvements to the point of purchase for both the retailer and our client
- Working closely with the sales team to maximise the performance of the core range within your assigned customer
- Working closely with the Grocery Category Lead and Head of Category to define, refine and execute the category strategy and growth drivers within your assigned retailer
- Liaising with the Research and Insight team to ensure the category team are best in class in identifying and bringing market trends and developments to the market
- Management of quarterly and monthly reports. For example, distribution trackers and customer specific scorecards
- Delivering category insights by measuring manufacturers activities, events, audits and any other applicable measures
- Ensuring that the sales team have continuous access to insight tools and training
To be eligible for this Senior Category Manager role you must have:
- Strong category management skills, ideally at senior manager level
- A proven track record of bringing category insights and trends to your previous roles and instigating appropriate action accordingly
- Experience with data/insights programs such as Nielsen/IRI
- Strong numeric skills
- Excellent relationship management skills
If this sounds like a good fit please do apply!
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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