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CATEGORY EXECUTIVE

Employer
SmithCarey Recruitment
Location
Home-based South / Midlands
Salary
Competitive basic plus 7.5% bonus and benefits
Closing date
8 Dec 2024
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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Category Management

Job Details

#1 BRANDED KIDS IMPULSE CONFECTIONERY COMPANY IN UK
CATEGORY EXECUTIVE
Competitive basic plus 7.5% bonus and benefits
Southern / Midlands based – Remote working

THE COMPANY

A $400m global confectionery branded business which continues to experience unprecedented growth across both UK and international markets, driven by exceptional consumer purchasing, fueling ever-increasing rates-of-sale through high street retail and grocery retail multiple accounts.

They have a highly collaborative sales & marketing team that works with pace, enthusiasm and a clear, well-invested, brand-led marketing strategy focused on consumer insight-led, product innovative, effective brand communications and driving targeted trade listings, distribution and promotional activities. Their brands and target consumers echo a strong sense of fun and energy which sets the cultural tone across this supportive yet driven business.

STOP PRESS: The UK’s fastest-growing top 10 sugar confectionery manufacturer – *Source Circana, Total Marketplace, 29/9/24 MAT.

THE ROLE

This is a newly-invested position focused on supporting this dynamic and fast-growing branded confectionery business with their ever-demanding major customer category development strategies and supporting the National Accounts team in building consumer insight-led trading presentations and stories.

It’s a really great time to join their highly-driven team which has a professional ‘can do’ collaborative culture and involves you working with and developing ‘the numbers’ including Circana and Nielsen consumer insights. Reporting to the Category Manager, you will develop both internal reports and customer-led category & brand ‘stories’ which you will present and influence directly with nominated customers – exciting stuff!

In short, this is a role right at the heartbeat of this dynamic business, focused on category and their growing brands’ performance where you can shape, build and execute your strategies, so really make a difference – all of which will be highly visible at the most senior level!

The role is highly flexible with hybrid home working and London-based office attendance around 2/3 days per month.

ABOUT YOU

Of graduate calibre, you are a bright, outgoing, highly enthusiastic individual with a first-class attitude to ‘look, listen and learn/develop’ the art of great consumer insight data usage and category management, focused on driving profitable sales growth.

Your category insight data experience has shaped your thirst for developing fact-based stories which you have shaped across the FMCG sector either within brand/own label manufacturers or insight agencies working at Analyst or Category Executive level. Either way we’d love you to apply and come tell us about your Circana / Nielsen / Kantar insight data work as well as your Excel knowledge and proudest-moment achievements😊 

If you’re motivated about joining a fast-growing and ‘fun’-led branded businesses in this new position, please send your CV together with benefits package details quoting reference MS/2497 to mark@smithcarey.co.uk or call Mark Smith on 07747 847214 for an initial confidential conversation about your next career move requirements.

Closing date 8th December 2024

*Source: Circana, Total Marketplace, Value & Unit growth, 29/9/24 MAT.

Company

As specialists in Sales & Marketing Recruitment and Training, SmithCarey Ltd have extensive knowledge and experience of the FMCG market and all trade channels from the recruitment and corporate perspective, which together with face-to-face contact ensures that we understand both our clients and candidates needs. We are fully committed to building long-term client and candidate relationships based on trust and results, which ensures candidates can effectively manage their ‘career road map’ and get the right job, not just any job, as well as ensuring our clients select the best talent.

We are passionate and committed to helping ambitious, commercial talent achieve their potential in some of food and drink’s most progressive and respected companies.

Our services at SmithCarey embrace retained recruitment consultancy, interim management and training, with our FMCG clients ranging from major bluechips to medium and small companies across food, drink and non-food, branded and own label.

Spanning both the corporate and the recruitment viewpoint, our Consultants have an outstanding track record of knowledge and experience in the FMCG market – specifically Sales & Marketing, including; National Account Management, Category Management, Customer Marketing, Shopper Marketing, Field Sales, International Sales Management and Brand Marketing.

We take our relationship with you, the candidate - and you, the client - very seriously. What you can expect from us is honest advice and real assistance at an individual level. We understand your concerns, we can get on your wavelength, and we can produce the results you want – be it a major career move to steer you in the right direction with your future ‘career road map’ or simply some welcome guidance and support.

The SmithCarey team are passionate in their belief that companies who want to attract top talent need to invest and take a more proactive approach, even before vacancies arise, by creating an employer branding talent attraction strategy. We have invested heavily in both resource and new technology to embrace the LinkedIn/Facebook generation, through social networking tools and other media.

Everything we do is done with passion, professionalism and integrity. We operate with strict confidentiality and never send out CVs without prior consent, recommend candidates without thorough screening or market false positions to attract response.

Our message to people who have the drive and energy to be a success is to come and talk to us. We can help by advising you what’s out there, provide support with your ‘career roadmap’ for how you might progress, together with advice on how to make it happen and, who knows, we might have the perfect position for you right now!

Take a look at our current opportunities; then email with a covering letter, stating your current remuneration package and a copy of your CV to one of our Consultants.

For Recruitment:

Mark Smith - mark@smithcarey.co.uk - mobile 07747 847214

Maria Murphy – mariam@smithcarey.co.uk – mobile 07745 184922

For Training:

Paul Carey - paul@smithcarey.co.uk – mobile 07786 745165

Or for any other general enquiries call 01488 649360 or email: directors@smithcarey.co.uk or visit our website www.smithcarey.co.uk

We look forward to helping you manage your future ‘career road map’ and assisting you in building a successful Sales or Marketing career in the exciting world of FMCG.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01488 649 360
Location
SmithCarey Limited
PO Box 735
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE29 9PH
United Kingdom

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