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Category Manager for Cranswick Continental Foods

Employer
Catman Jobs
Location
Bury, Greater Manchester
Salary
Competitive to attract the best
Closing date
13 Aug 2018

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

Job Details

The Business 

Cranswick Continental Foods aims to help UK consumers discover & enjoy the tastes of the continent.  We work with European producer partners to bring their specialities to the UK market.  Through relationships built on trust they work with them to adher to the technical standards required by UK customers and to develop products that will appeal to the UK palate.  Once sourced they bring these great tasting products to the UK.  They slice charcuterie – both fermented and cooked, marinate olives and antipasti as well as combine products together to provide convenient sharing solutions.  Their capabilities also extend into British Charcuterie production under the Woodall’s brand.

With successive year on year of growth they have a comprehensive strategy in place to continue to expand and recently moved to a £28m purpose built site in Bury to allow them to deliver their growth aspirations.

The Role

  • To talk with authority about the markets they operate in – size, dynamics, consumer & behaviour
  • Evolve their understanding of the consumer through qualitative & quantitative research
  • Monitor and track performance (Panel and EPOS data sources)
  • Identify opportunities for growth through data & insight driven category strategies
  • Work closely with NPD to develop market leading, consumer driven innovation
  • Develop profitable promotional strategies
  • Complete post implementation reviews on innovation, range changes and seasonal periods
  • Recommend tactical quick wins to the sales team (ranging / promotions etc)
  • Present category opportunities in a compelling way

The Individual

  • Educated to degree level as a minimum
  • At least 3 years working in a leading category role
  • Strong analytical skills (competent use of at least Kantar and one other data source)
  • Creative thinking
  • Proven track record of developing full category strategies and of identifying and implementing category opportunities
  • Ability to demonstrate establishing and maintaining good customer relationships
  • Enthusiasm and passion for the food industry

Paul Nyman Consultancy are acting a chosen recruitment partner to Cranswick Continental Foods. CV’s will only be considered from their chosen partners. Any representation by a third party will be forwarded on to a chosen partner.

Paul Nyman Consultancy specialise in FMCG Sales jobs, Marketing jobs, NPD jobs, Technical jobs & Category jobs across the UK.

Company

Catmanjob.com was created in 2006 as a specialist division specifically supporting category, shopper and net revenue professionals.  The brain child of Paul Nyman who realised at the time “we just didn’t know enough about category management and how it affects a business”.  Catmanjobs operates as a division of  Paul Nyman Consultancy, which was established in 2004 to support wider FMCG recruitment markets, after Paul was made redundant, and toured the UK recruitment market seeking employment to pay the mortgage.

During this journey he identified some of the most important characteristics for job seekers hunting for a new role:

  • Understand what  I, as a candidate can do.
  • Honestly tell me why I cannot perform in the role I applied for.
  • Know how your clients can advance my career.
  • Get back to me.
  • Don’t BS me. 

These have become entwined in the approach the team at Paul Nyman Consultancy take to support individuals achieve career success across the UK and Europe.

We offer not just recruitment, but wider career support and development through workshops which include national and international recruitment and development experience.

Not just a recruiter.

We enjoy being career developers.

Company info
Website
Telephone
07956 029 624
Location
Paul Nyman Consultancy
Waterside
Old Boston Road
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS22 5NB
United Kingdom

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