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Category & Insights Executive

Employer
Advocate Group
Location
London
Salary
up to £34k with £3k performance bonus
Closing date
19 Apr 2021

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

Job Details

Title – Category & Insights Executive

Location – London

Salary – up to £34k with £3k performance bonus

Are you a Category Executive or Category Analyst looking to make the transition in to a Category & Insights Executive?

I have taken an exciting brief for a Global business with Turn Over in excess of £2.5 Billion.  More locally, in the UK they have more of an SME vibe with a project £60 million turnover for 2021.

Reporting in to the Category Head, you will be customer facing (Morrison’s and Waitrose), developing an amazing selection of brands covering chilled and free from products.

Key responsibilities will be:

Developing category-based relationships with retailers within the Grocery Multiples (specifically Morrison’s & Waitrose), Convenience & Online Channels

Provide the sales team with shopper and category insights to build strategic account plans

Provide the Marketing team with shopper and category insights to build strategic brand plans

Manage plant-based research hub

Managing agency workload priorities and insight sharing

Internal reporting

 

About you:

You will be either a Category Executive, Junior Category Manager or Category Analyst

Experience of using Kantar, IRI & Nielsen

Ideally you will have customer facing experience

Experience of category & shopper insight management in the UK FMCG environment

Sales/marketing background within a branded environment

If you are looking to work with some great brands, in an autonomous role to further your Category career then hit the “apply button!”

Company

We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.

As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function. 

Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists. 

Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.

What Do We Offer?

  • 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.

That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.

  • 96% employee retention.

Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.

  • 92% right-first-time shortlists.

Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.

  • 28 days average time to hire.

From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.

Our Recruitment Solutions:

Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping

Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:

📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/

Company info
Website
Telephone
0333 772 7200
Location
The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB

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