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Junior Category Manager (Food / Retail / FMCG)

Employer
Burtons Biscuits
Location
St Albans
Salary
£Competitive + car allowance
Closing date
13 Jun 2019

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

Job Details

Junior Category Manager (Food / Retail / FMCG)

Position: Junior Category Manager (Food / Retail / FMCG)

Location: St Albans

Job type: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £Competitive + car allowance

Who Are We?

At Burton’s Biscuit Company we are the home of Jammie Dodgers, Maryland Cookies, Wagon Wheels and Thomas Fudge’s to name just a few of our brands. We are incredibly lucky to work in the world of making delicious biscuits!

We are the UK’s third largest – and fastest-growing – biscuit manufacturer, and our vision is to have a shared Pride and Passion for baking great biscuits & snacks that delight our consumers, shoppers and our customers. Our head Office is in St Albans but the majority of out 1800 employees are based in our four bakeries in Llantarnam, Blackpool, Edinburgh and Dorset.

Alongside some of the nation’s most loved snack brands, such as Maryland, Jammie Dodgers and Wagon Wheels, we have secured a long term agreement to allow us to manufacture a number of Mars branded biscuit products, Marmite biscuits and Cathedral City savoury snacks. We are also forming key strategic partnerships within the Retailer Private Label sector.

What are we all about?

Here at Burton’s Biscuit Company we pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. Our goal is to support our team in achieving their career goals, by providing a working environment that offers opportunity, support, scope and pace of change. Our culture is the foundation of our business. We are fast paced, agile and fun.

We don’t want to bore you with just a job description - we want to tell you what it’s really like to work for us.

So let’s start with ….…

Why work as part of our category team?

Our category team is one of our key functions within our business, you’ll get to work with some truly talented individuals not only within our Category & Insights team, but also across our Brand Marketing, Sales & NPD teams. We are always looking for new ideas, so this is a role where you have the ability to work both strategically and also think outside the box.

What does your typical day look like?

Every day is different at Burton’s Biscuit Company. One day you might be building reports and reviewing Kantar, Nielsen & Dunnhumby data, and working alongside one of our Senior / National account managers to provide insights for ranging and merchandising, and maximise Burton opportunities in retailers Next, you might be Working closely with marketing to build strategies based on shopper and consumer insight, and turning these into retailer sell-in stories… or providing best in class recommendations to the Sales and NPD teams on Retailer Own brand.

What are the key ingredients needed for the role?

To be successful in this you need to be analytical, commercially savvy, motivated have great communication skills and be passionate about using data to create great stories. .

This role would be a great opportunity for an experienced Category or Insights analyst, it would equally be a great 1st step into a category & insights role for someone from a Buying, Merchandising, Marketing, Market research agency or Sales background, where you have developed an understanding & have used category information in your current role.

Final part of the mix.

If you are hardworking with experience within the FMCG, retail or grocery sector, then this can be a great role for you.

If you are ready to begin a career with real bite we would love to hear from you so apply now by clicking the link below.

You may have had experience or be interested in the following: Category Analyst, Junior Buyer, Junior National Account Manager, Insights Analyst, Junior Category Manager, National Account Executive, Research Manager etc

Company

Burtons Biscuits

Who Are Burtons Biscuits?

We are the home of Jammie Dodgers, Paterson Shortbread, Maryland Cookies and Wagon Wheels to name just a few! We are incredibly lucky to work in the world of making delicious biscuits!

‘We are a more successful and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves’.

At Burton’s we believe in the power of being authentic, being entrepreneurial and being supportive to each other to meet our common goals…oh and did we mention having fun?!

Understanding our customers is crucial to our success, so having a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers is vital.

As a business we are committed to the continuous improvement of diversity and equality in the workplace and we welcome talented individuals from all backgrounds who share our Pride and Passion for Baking Great Biscuits and snacks.

Along with having amazing brands, we have secured long term agreements to allow us to manufacture a number of sweet & savoury snacks across Mars, Cathedral City & Marmite branded products. We also have several key strategic partnerships within the Retailer Private Label sector and our proud of the amazing biscuits we bake for our customers and consumers.

Within our Burton’s group, we have 6 bakery sites across the UK, located in Blackpool, Livingston, Edinburgh, Dorset, Isle of Arran and Llantarnam, with our head office in St Albans.   In total we employ circa 2,100 people around across our locations.

Burton’s Biscuits is owned by Ferrero and we are proud to be part of such a fantastic and successful business.  The Ferrero Group operates in more than 50 Countries and their products are sold in over 170 Countries.  We are delighted to be part of the Ferrero group which represents over 377,000 employees across the world and has a consolidated turnover of €12.3 billion (2020).

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