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Category Manager - Grocery

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
Yorkshire and the Humber
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
25 Jul 2018

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

Job Details



Category Manager

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Category Manager to join an exciting FMCG business experiencing a strong period of growth. This is a particularly unique opportunity to work for a leading food business taking responsibility for one of their key top 4 retail accounts.

The ideal candidate will be an experienced, self starting individual looking to be part of high performing category. You will develop and build upon the lasting relationships with the key retailer, being fully engaged with the process to advise the retailers on all aspects of Category Management, providing recommendations on range, promotions, space and performance.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Deliver sound Category Strategies ensuring growth for key customers. You will lead category change and create a vision for the category moving forward
  • Develop and execute the annual category plan to execute the category vision, merchandising and promotional strategies.
  • Identify and manage customer specific category initiatives and projects to increase sales and profitability.
  • Lead and deliver the range, seasonal review and gap analysis processes with customers.
  • Category range management.
  • Lead and deliver the promotional calendar.
  • Lead and deliver merchandising reviews and point of purchase tactics.


The Requirements:
  • Previous Category Management experience working within a retailer facing role.
  • Educated to degree level or the equivalent.
  • Expert user of Nielsen / IRI and Kantar databases.
  • Excellent communication, analytical and presentation skills.
  • Strong relationship builder.


You will be a career minded, high calibre Category Manager with at least two years experience in a Category Management function. Full understanding of the category management and range review processes are essential as being highly numerate with a sharp analytical mind.

Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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