Category Development Manager - French Speaking

The Role:

• Manage International Category Agenda
• Work with the International commercial teams ensuring that all relevant insight and data is shared to build clear and compelling retailer / brand performance information.
• Work to build strong retailer relationships Internationally such that Gü becomes a partner of choice and seen as delivering best in class insight to drive category, retailer and brand performance.
• Be the ‘go to’ person for International market knowledge, focussing on market dynamics, brand and retailer performance.
• Ensure that become partner of choice for key international retailers – ensuring that can build and present brand and category stories
• Work with the Marketing Manager to build and execute International activation plans for the Gü Brand to support Innovation and also ongoing brand visibility
• Work with Marketing Manager to monitor activation performance and highlight what is working well and what needs to be amended for the future to gain most effective use of spend.
• Monitor brand performance Internationally and work with commercial teams to seize opportunities where appropriate and work through any brand challenges as they arise.
• Keep abreast of key industry developments and opportunities and borrow from excellence in other categories to apply in activation and share with wider team.
• Support the development of any country specific shopper marketing programmes, with close alignment with the head of brand. 
• Support the delivery of the agreed shopper marketing programme on time and within budget.

You:-

• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and must consistently display a confident, friendly and enthusiastic approach.
• To be empathetic, articulate and measured in arGüment to project their views with different stakeholders internally and externally.
• Display confidence, patience, politeness, tact and diplomacy, when dealing with difficult situations.
• To demonstrate strong influencing skills upwards within the organisation and with the commercial team.
• Must possess excellent organisational, planning and time management skills.  Must be able to demonstrate the ability to multi-task, work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Able to effectively work in a fast paced working environment and needs to enjoy a challenge and thrive in uncertainty and change.
• Comfortable making decisions without perfect knowledge or information.
• Demonstrate excellent analytical and problem solving skills and possess creative solutions in problem solving.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills that enable the individual to inform, help and liaise with internal and external contacts effectively at all levels.
• Good presentation skills, be a confident public speaker.
• Creative thinking is essential, to be able to come up with new ideas to deliver the brand plan.
• To have a go-getter attitude, proactive in project work and delivering tasks.
• Have a genuine interest and passion for food. 

The Company:

Gü was launched with 3 products in 2003 and now with a current portfolio of over 40 top notch products that are eaten somewhere in the world every 2 seconds.  A fabulous story of pure genius and a brilliant team of people with ambitions and people with ambitions and plans to take Gu into more categories and eating occasions. “Is ordinary out of the question? Is spectacular up your street? Deliciousness part of your DNA? Then you’ve got what it takes… and we want what you’ve got. And yes. This is the company you’ve dreamed of working for… 

Gü Puds (also known as Noble Desserts Holdings Ltd) is a company on a mission to blow the minds of pleasure seekers everywhere. Ever since we first sneaked Gü onto the shelves of a local supermarket, we’ve been pouring our hearts into making these victories more widespread; from a little-known secret to a global taste phenomenon on the tongues of millions.Today, from our London HQ in West London to the sunny shores of France, we’re taking the world by storm. With sales of over £60 million we are continuing to grow globally, taking Europe by storm. To us, it’s a labour of love. A journey of joy. Every atom of cheesecake, mousse, tartlet, molten middle, and soufflé is a little victory for us. Delicious, explosive victory. The fact is, we love our job and you can taste it.”