Job Ref: 212853355

Date: 2020-12-03 12:41:26

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Job Title: Category Manager

Location: West of London – able to work 3 days from home

Salary: Up to £55,000

Benefits: Car allowance, 10% bonus, pension, private healthcare

The Company:

Great products, exclusive brands, acquisitive agenda, a highly capable team, new 3-year strategy, investing in headcount – talent programme for high performing individuals. Unlike many other businesses they are more versatile, focussed and ambitious. The company is serving customers from nearly 50 locations in 27 countries and consumers can buy these food brands in more than 135 markets and territories

The Opportunity:

With a newly structured Customer Marketing team to include both category and customer marketing and a recently launched category vision we are now able to recruit an ambitious Category Manager to own the category agenda in top grocery retailers.

Reporting to the Head of Customer Marketing, you will develop joint category plans that deliver growth with specific customers to include range, promotions, NPD in line with category and brand strategy. In addition, you will:

* Be the powerful voice of the shopper for our retail partners and the internal organisation, delivering a capability that will be viewed as best in class across the retail trade.

* Develop, present and implement account specific category plans.

* Develop and present rationale for initiatives such as NPD in conjunction with sales and marketing teams.

* Work with internal teams to develop distribution targets and performance hurdle rates.

* Ensure effective implementation of product launches through sell-in activities, in-store support coordination and planogram updates.

* Support the development and implementation of the category strategy.

* Monitor and review performance of the category, brand and activities in specific accounts for internal and external review.

* Ensure category range reviews and planograms are implemented effectively through planning and timely internal and external communication and coordination.

* Ensure effective and efficient implementation of in-store display activities including FSDU/related displays. Manage in-store theatre and POS.

This is a great opportunity to influence customer behaviour and unlock growth potential. In addition, you’ll work very closely with cross functional teams – brand marketing and sales in order to identify, develop and execute significant in-store initiatives.

You:

You’ll need to have a strong track record in world-class shopper/customer/category management within a branded FMCG environment; a deep understanding of shopper behaviour and experience in dealing with multiple retailers at all levels. Ultimately, we’re looking for someone with strong commercial acumen, brand awareness and a solid analytical approach.

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