Category Executive

Expand your career potential by joining a global consumer powerhouse, Kelloggs, at our new UK Headquarters in Media City, Manchester as a Category Executive within our UK Sales team. Learn with us by providing and developing actionable insight to our sales and marketing teams. All while continuing to build your successful career in a thriving company culture and world of opportunity.

WHAT WILL I BE DOING?

In your role as Category Executive, you will work within an energetic business team by doing the following:

• Support Category Management across customer teams to increase sales and achieve customer business targets.
• Complete relevant customer and brand reporting and analysis to identify insight that drives our business performance.
• Customer responsibility on impulse, convenience type accounts. Supporting the account manager by building category stories.
• As a key member of our team, you will be an expert on your category area, working cross functionally with sales teams, marketing and commercial strategy to champion ideas that drive Kellogg's and Category growth.

WHAT DO I NEED TO DEMONSTRATE? 

At Kellogg Company, we place a huge emphasis on recruiting the best people to help grow our business and build on our success. As well as a hunger to learn and succeed in Category Management, to be considered for this position you must be able to meet the following requirements:

Required

• Previous FMCG experience within Field Sales and/or Head Office
• Specific interest in category management  and branded products
• Experience of working within a team and ability to manage different priorities
• Good analytical and communication skills
• Ability to influence people with an external and consumer focus
• Strong numerical understanding

Preferred

• Category Management experience
• Experience with using IRI, Kantar or Neilson
• Business related degree or equivalent

WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW?

There will be periods of time where you will be required to travel away from home, specifically during range review times.

This role requires someone with an immense passion and enthusiasm to develop their commercial career. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to grow with us whilst contributing to the growth of the Kellogg business.

If you experience any difficulty when applying please contact myhr@kellogg.com.

Please note that the closing date may be subject to change. We will interview suitable candidates as they apply, so please don’t hesitate to take this opportunity to submit your application as soon as possible.

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The Kellogg Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer who strives to provide an inclusive work environment that involves everyone and embraces the diverse talent of its people.