Senior Category Manager
- Employer
- Advocate Group
- Location
- Liverpool, Merseyside
- Salary
- £55k
- Closing date
- 7 Oct 2021
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Category Management, Marketing, Sales
Job Details
Senior Category Manager
Salary Range: £55k
Location: Liverpool
Are you an experienced category management professional? Would you like to join one of the UK’s leading food and drink companies and be responsible for a range of Italian products in the ambient category? If so, this opportunity could be for you!
This company is looking for an ambitious individual who will be responsible for generating relationships based upon insight and trust, influencing the retail buyers to engage in category growth opportunities.
You will be responsible for:
- Developing and retaining strong customer relationships across the commercial, marketing and merchandising teams in each of the Multiple accounts.
- Analysing and interpreting market data using IRI, Kantar, Dunnhumby and internal data.
- Managing the Italian products customer marketing plan to develop that vision in store.
- Working closely with the brand team to support the development of strategic plans and the Customer teams in the creation and delivery of Customer account plans
Requirements:
- Ability to use key category marketing information databases such as IRI and Kantar
- Strong organisational skills with a methodical, structured approach.
- Good commercial awareness and a knowledge of FMCG / market conditions.
- Strong communication & team working skills.
- Numerate, with excellent attention to detail
If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, please send your CV to:
Emily.tasker@advocate-group.co.uk
07596858197
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/
- Website
- http://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0333 772 7200
- Location
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The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB
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