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Senior Category Manager - Healthy Snacking

Employer
Lime Talent
Location
England, London
Salary
£50000 - £60000 per annum + GREAT BENEFITS
Closing date
13 Nov 2018

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

Job Details



An exciting opportunity to join the team of a highly regarded, branded UK food business as a Senior Category Manager working on a portfolio of fast-growing, healthy snacking brands. This role is a 12 month contract to cover maternity leave.

The business operates within the impulse and snacking categories and it's key brands occupy the number one or number two spots in their respective sub-categories.

The Senior Category Manager role has come up due to maternity leave and they are looking for someone to develop and drive a strong category partnership with Sainsbury's.

Within the role you will develop the category vision and be responsible for implementing the strategy within Sainsbury's, based on market research and competitor knowledge. You will also ensure you understand the needs of the customer and have a high level of buy in from the buying teams within the retailer.

You will own the relationship with Sainsbury's and will be responsible for deeper shopper insight accross all customers delivered to the wider business. Working closely with the Category Controller and the National Accounts team you will ensure that the strategy for your accounts is in line with the JBPs for the retailer and the overall grocery strategy.

To apply for the Senior Category Manager, you will display the following:

  • Excellent understanding of category management within grocery
  • Experience of dealing with top 4 grocers
  • Good understanding of the UK grcoery market with particular emphasis on shopper insights
  • Graduate calibre with a good knowledge of Kantar, Nielsen, dunnhumby, etc.

 


This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward thinking business in a high profile role. The Senior Category Manager position is a very visible leadership role within the business that would see you well placed for promotion either in category or into other parts of the commercial function in the near future.



Lime Talent is a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. To view a broader selection of our current vacancies go to www.limetalentgroup.com or call us on 0207 042 3800.

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The Lime Talent team always review and process job applications swiftly. However due to the high volume of CVs that we receive online, we regrettably are not always able to respond to every applicant individually. If you've not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Lime Talent Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
 

 

Company

We are Lime Talent, a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. With over 25 years’ combined experience of recruiting within the FMCG, consumer goods & services sectors, we like to think we know our stuff! We are here to make finding your next job or your next superstar employee an easy and pleasurable experience.

We are an honest and straight talking bunch with a can-do attitude. We aren’t going to say the usual thing that recruiters say, like “we want to partner with you”, as whilst that may be nice, what we really want to do, is to deliver you real results in the shortest amount of time possible. Once we have provided you with the high level of service that you can expect from us, we are confident that strong relationships will follow.

 Areas that we recruit:

• Sales

• Marketing

• Category Management and Insights

• Purchasing and Buying

• Supply Chain

Contact us today to discuss your next career move or to find out how we can help you find the best talent for your business.

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