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Category Manager

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
Manchester
Salary
£40000 - £45000 per annum, Benefits: Excellent Benefits
Closing date
10 Sep 2018

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

Job Type: Category Manager
Location: Manchester
Sector/Industry: FMCG
Job Reference: VAC-24361

Are you a commercial, analytical individual with a passion for insights and category management looking for a role within an international, innovative company with market leading consumer brands? Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can have the autonomy and opportunity to make a difference? If this is of interest to you, please read on!

The company: 
A Global FMCG organisation with an outstanding reputation within consumer goods for sustainability, innovation and value for people. Operating across 100+ countries and continually expanding, the company is now looking to appoint a Category Manager to join their UK Customer Marketing department to deliver category strategies, tactics and execute plans. Working in a friendly and fast paced environment you will use your ability to analyse customer and shopper insights and translate them into retailer and category strategies with one of the top 4 major multiples.

The Role:   
  • Help deploy the category vision and identify relevant category opportunities for growth and have the tools in place to develop these appropriately to build an agreed category growth strategy with your customers
  • Deliver range reviews to assigned customers, utilising Category Management as an everyday way of working both internally and externally
  • Provide customer data based insight to steer and support new product development and positioning, range management, as well as identifying clear and achievable opportunities
  • Be the shopper expert and build shopper metrics into your recommendations aligned to your customer category strategy
  • Cascade monthly reports tracking the market, brands, channel and retailer performance, causes and effects to your customers & key stakeholders. Provide actionable recommendations for corrective action or optimisation versus targets
  • Analyse promotions for assigned customers and report findings with recommended actions
  • Develop trusted category relationships within your customer across the functions and channels
  • Be part of a cross functional Brand Working Group focusing on monitoring, measuring targets and also identifying opportunities as part of the team
Key Competencies:
  • A degree education or equivalent
  • A proven track record in successfully managing Insight and Category Management with customers
  • Good knowledge & experience with IRI, Nielsen and/or Kantar databases
  • Range review and merchandising skills
  • Strong data analysis skills and the ability to summarise effectively with recommendations
  • Able to develop and deploy category visions and strategies
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Customer focused and proactive approach to work
  • Great understanding of the retail market
  • Good understanding of shopper & customer insight
To apply directly please send a copy of your CV to kathryn.p.a4lkbc5jddzb@advocate-group.aptrack.co.uk or alternatively please apply via the link below.

Whilst we will always endeavour to respond to you, due to the high levels of applications we receive this isn’t always possible. If you are not contacted within 3 working days, you have unfortunately not been shortlisted for this role.
Please note The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency & business.

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
 Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB
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