Category Executive - East Midlands

This Category Executive role will work very closely with the Category Manager / Category Controller who work with the retailers on a day-to-day basis. 

There is scope for the driven individual to progress into working with retailers to develop external category skills.

Reporting into Category Controller

Key Responsibilities:

• To develop and deliver key monthly reports to be circulated both internally and externally
• To support the Category Team updating account specific Dashboards, adding clear insight and recommendations
• To deliver key brand reports to the Marketing and Category Teams
• NPD tracking reports to monitor the success of key brand launches
• Work closely with external data providers to ensure that all category databases are coded and maintained correctly
• Close understanding of the segmentation of each category database and recommend improvements
• To support the Category Team to provide trade ready presentations to ensure a strong sell in of the Brand and Own Label Portfolio
• To support the Category Team on key range review preparation, account, and brand planning preparation
• To support the Brand Team during brand planning and large projects, supplying them with key market data
• Conduct regular reviews of products available within each of the categories
• Conduct regular store visits to collate key market insight including promotions, merchandising changes, NPD, and cross category insight

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Understands the basic elements of the marketing mix
• An understanding of data either through an insights or supply chain role, or through study
• Basic analytical skills with the ability to interpret and identify basic trends, Ideally experience with either Kantar, Nielsen or Circana
• Good computer literate
• Good presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Innovative
• Effective communication skills
• Proactive/achiever

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If you want to development of your analytical skills, please forward your up-to-date CV and current salary details direct to  advert@paulnyman.co.uk

Paul Nyman Consultancy are the retained consultants and are managing the role exclusively and conducting online interviews over the next four weeks.

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