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Category Executive

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
England, Greater Manchester, Manchester
Salary
Benefits
Closing date
30 Sep 2019

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

Job Details



Our client is a well-respected international FMCG business currently experiencing unprecedented growth. An opportunity has arisen for a commercially-astute Category Executive to join the business within the Convenience & High Street Discounter channel.

The key remit for the role of Category Executive is to be the category management interface in this channel; you will be liaising with key stakeholders and other strategic partners using insight as a growth driver for the business. This position offers fantastic senior and cross-functional exposure, both internally and externally, working alongside the Category, Brand and Shopper Marketing teams, as well as Sales, and reporting directly into the Category Director.

You will act as a trusted category advisor, involved in developing annual category strategy and plans to identify significant category opportunities for the channel in addition to delivery of these strategies. You will understand the key trends and dynamics shaping the channel and evaluate the results of commercial initiatives to determine their effectiveness Vs category/ consumer/shopper objectives. This is a fantastic career development role due to the broad responsibility and customer ownership you will get, ideal for a proactive and passionate Category Executive keen to develop and start managing their own customer portfolio with a view to progress to Category Manager, realistically within 12-18 months.

You will be educated to degree level, ideally in marketing or business and posses relevant commercial and/or marketing experience within an FMCG environment. A full UK/EU driving license is essential, as is the ability to travel regularly within the UK and Ireland as required.

Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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