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Category & Insights Manager

Employer
Clear Edge Search & Selection Ltd
Location
Kent
Salary
£50,000, Car Allowance, Pension, Medical Cover and 25 day’s holiday
Closing date
4 Jul 2019

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

Job Details

Category & Insights Manager

£50,000, Car Allowance, Pension, Medical Cover and 25 day’s holiday  

South East

Reporting into the Head of Sales, you will be working for one of the leading suppliers of fresh produce into the UK retail market. This highly innovate company turnover in excess of £100 million within the UK and can boast double digit year on year growth for the last 5 years consecutively.  Following the organisations continued success across all fresh and added value categories, there is now a requirement for a Category & Insights Manager to join their team, managing the category relationship with a number of the organisations strategic partners.

In this hands on role you will have responsibility for developing and driving the success of a creative, innovative and profitable category division.

The main responsibilities shall include;

Creating new category initiatives and then implementing across with wider commercial functions

Managing the category relationship with all key strategic customers and driving the internal agenda for the category

Identifying shopper insight from multiple data and research sources to drive the development of the category and sales

Working closely with sales and NPD teams to drive category growth

Developing plans to grow sales and profitability of the categories

Planning and advising on category activity and strategy direction

Managing 1 Junior Category Manager

To be considered for the opportunity you must have worked within a category, insight or customer marketing role for at least 18 months. It is essential you have had customer facing experience with at least one of the Top 6 or discount retailers and have experience utilising customer data tools such as Dunnhumby or Kantar. Chilled food experience is preferable, however all those working within consumer goods will be considered.

Please do not hesitate to apply if you feel you have the experience and background described, or contact lucy.robinson@ceselection.com for further information.

 

Company

Clear Edge are an executive search and selection business, specialising in roles from middle management to Board level in FMCG and Retail sectors.

Recruiting high-calibre professionals across:

  • Sales & Marketing
  • Operations, Technical & Supply Chain
  • Retail

Genuine experts in your sector:

  • Food
  • Drinks
  • Health, Beauty & Household Products
  • Consumer Durables

Our specialist consultants take a highly pro-active approach on behalf of their clients and candidates, with total commitment to service and results. Using our extensive market knowledge, unrivalled network of contacts and modern day recruitment techniques, we're here to give you the clear edge over the competition.

Company info
Website
Telephone
0113 2054970
Location
Lister House
Lister Hill
Horsforth
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS18 5AZ
GB

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