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Senior Category Manager - Grocery

Employer
Seven Search & Selection
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Competitive package on offer
Closing date
7 Jun 2021

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

Job Details

Client:

  • Our client is a leading food business with a vision to grow its core brands within the UK market
  • The company’s success has been achieved through a commitment to developing their workforce and also the innovation of first to market products.
  • They are now looking to invest further in their commercial team with the appointment of an additional Senior Category Manager.

Role:

  • Senior Category Manager role.
  • To enhance, progress and elevate Category relationships with major Grocery customers of strategic importance to the business.
  • To work ever more closely & collaboratively as a Category Adviser or Challenger across a range of categories
  • Deliver credible, insight led & actionable recommendations to support the growth of the category, customer & internally
  • To advise retailers through key decision-making periods, effectively influencing range, space and distribution decisions.
  • To work in collaboration with Marketing on key product ranges
  • To be the voice of the shopper both internally & externally
  • Work with the Head of Category to develop and embed category visions, drivers and strategies both internally & externally
  • Line management - x1 direct report.

Requirements:

  • Highly knowledgeable in category management
  • Strong commercial acumen
  • Exceptional communication and influencing skills
  • Ability to make insight simple, actionable & compelling
  • Excellent analytical thinking, attention to detail and interpretation of data 
  • Ability to work under pressure whilst being highly organised and efficient
  • Able to manage short term deliverables in parallel to developing long term strategic thinking
  • Able build positive internal & external collaborative working relationships
  • Working knowledge of IRI/Nielsen, Kantar & Dunnhumby
  • Advanced MS Office

Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years of Category Management
  • Branded FMCG experience. Private label also welcome.
  • Previous line management experience
  • Accessible to West London office

You:

  •  A ‘can do’ attitude, happy to ‘roll up’ their sleeves
  • Dynamic and creative with analytical integrity
  • Forward thinking and proactive
  • Has a natural curiosity to look beyond the brief & beyond the data, asking why?
  • Happy to have an opinion, to challenge and to be challenged

This really is an exceptional opportunity to join a leading food business that will invest in your future, as long as you achieve outstanding results

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Company

Seven is a leading provider of multi-functional recruitment solutions in Consumer Goods & Retail, covering roles in Sales, Marketing, Head Office functions, Category, Operations and Manufacturing. We provide executive search and selection as well as award-winning RPO services and interim solutions.

"One of the leaders in FMCG recruitment" - client feedback, Bayer.

"Having worked with some of the biggest names in recruitment, I would recommend Seven above all." - client feedback, Mars UK.

We are 20 passionate sector experts working from our London and Leeds offices. Take a look at our website to see all vacancies and learn more!

Company info
Website
Telephone
0330 010 8327
Location
Yorkshire House, Greek Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 5SH
United Kingdom

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