Category Executive

Our client:

• Extremely successful, market leading food and lifestyle retailer with a fantastic customer reputation
• Highly commercial environment with a fast-paced culture focused on exceeding customer expectations.
• This Category Executive role is ideal for an individual who wants to progress their career in an environment with development opportunities

The role:

• As Category Executive you will be responsible for leading and driving promotions, events & seasonal events. You will work cross functionally with buying to influence product selection and promotions, marketing for customer communication strategy and also supply chain to ensure high levels of availability.
• The Category Executive will manage a category assistant and will keep all of the project trackers updated. In addition, they will review the performance of promotions and events and share across the business.
• This team is a growing team and the category executive will demonstrate creative and strategic thinking to create new promotional and seasonal events.

Ideal candidate:

• The Category Executive could be working in a category, buying or trade planning role ideally within the UK food sector (retail or FMCG)
• You must have man management skills of managing at least 1 person and be highly organized, proactive and flexible
• You will have excellent commercial and strategic/creative thinking skills and thrive working cross functionally

Benefits & details:

• You will thrive in a matrix blue chip structure that is down to earth and personable.
• Excellent package – up to £35000 plus benefits and bonus
• Location – Herts with 2 days working from home

Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/15970/7. Confidentiality assured.

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