Job Ref: 213188309

Date: 2021-02-15 16:01:46

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Our client, a leading international manufacturer, are looking to recruit an organised, professional and ambitious Category Manager to join their established Senior Management Team.

Working alongside the Directors, responsibilities will include:

* To create, lead and embed the company’s vison and plans, working in partnership with our customers.

* Devise long-term development strategies for product categories

* Act as an objective and independent category advisor, developing and delivering annual category strategy and plans to deliver significant category growth opportunities for the company and the customers

* Build trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services

* To increase sales and profitability of business driving sustainable growth.

* Build compelling category selling stories to shape retailers’ thinking

* Lead and facilitate cross functional category projects (internally and externally) managing multiple stakeholders.

* Analyse data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends

* Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products

* Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility

* Liaise with marketing teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category

* Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories

Preferred experience:

* Strong analytical and proficient in the use of external market data tools with the ability to turn data into insight

* Experience of continuous and ad hoc shopper and consumer market data/ research. Knowledge and experience of using IRI/ Nielsen EPOS data and Kantar/ Scantrack consumer panel data is essential and Dunnhumby is preferred.

* Good communication, relationship building and stakeholder management skills.

* Strong leadership skills, a strategic thinker, and a real team player.

* Educated to degree level, ideally in marketing or business-related degree.

* 3 Years + category management/ commercial experience

* Good understanding of Category management principles – understands the 8-step process and the triple win approach, demonstrates it in day-to-day activities.

* Evidence of developing and executing category strategies, tactics and plans in partnership with retailers (range, promotion, merchandising, price).

* A thorough understanding of retail, sales and how organisations work (including ranging and space planning).

* Advanced Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint skills.

In return the company offers an excellent salary and benefits package, flexable working from home/office, an innovative and dynamic work environment. In addition, the role also offers genuine scope for fantastic career progression.

Salary

£45,000 – £55,000 plus bonus

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