Category Manager
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- London
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 23 Sep 2020
- Closes
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sectors
- Procurement
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
To become a trusted advisor for our customer base by following the category management process to utilise customer and consumer insight, strategic recommendations and action plans to improve category performance and deliver on joint business plan targets.
Analyse and interpret category reports to generate actionable insight which will improve business and customer category performance
Utilise category insight from multiple data sources (internal company and retailer data, continuous data providers and broader market intelligence) to create strategies and plans which utilise the appropriate marketing mix to respond to the current category performance
Present category recommendations to category peers within the customer organisation to influence their decision-making to adopt the strategies and plans
Follow the retailers' cycles of the category marketing process to ensure that all plans have been correctly assessed, approved and implemented
Manage the ongoing category relationship with the customer to provide a single point of contact to ensure consistency of communication
Work with commercial team to feed in category plans enabling joined up/aligned and meaningful customer plans to be created
Build extensive networks across merchandising, supply chain, marketing, store ops etc to speed decision-making/action implementation
Input into process (from insight) from identifying opportunities through to developing shopper-led selling stories
Develop a two to three-year vision and a roadmap of specific action for the categoriesJob DescriptionYou may not have heard of us, but we're sure you've tried our products. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing c. 11,500 colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites we supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.
What we're looking for
Understanding of the retail environment/marketplace
Understanding of the principles and tools of category management and strategic management
Ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations
Graduate calibre
Short-life FMCG experience
Previous customer-facing role
Previous category management and strategy experience desirable
Numerical and analytical skill with the ability to handle large quantities of dataIf this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success
Analyse and interpret category reports to generate actionable insight which will improve business and customer category performance
Utilise category insight from multiple data sources (internal company and retailer data, continuous data providers and broader market intelligence) to create strategies and plans which utilise the appropriate marketing mix to respond to the current category performance
Present category recommendations to category peers within the customer organisation to influence their decision-making to adopt the strategies and plans
Follow the retailers' cycles of the category marketing process to ensure that all plans have been correctly assessed, approved and implemented
Manage the ongoing category relationship with the customer to provide a single point of contact to ensure consistency of communication
Work with commercial team to feed in category plans enabling joined up/aligned and meaningful customer plans to be created
Build extensive networks across merchandising, supply chain, marketing, store ops etc to speed decision-making/action implementation
Input into process (from insight) from identifying opportunities through to developing shopper-led selling stories
Develop a two to three-year vision and a roadmap of specific action for the categoriesJob DescriptionYou may not have heard of us, but we're sure you've tried our products. We're a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing c. 11,500 colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites we supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.
What we're looking for
Understanding of the retail environment/marketplace
Understanding of the principles and tools of category management and strategic management
Ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations
Graduate calibre
Short-life FMCG experience
Previous customer-facing role
Previous category management and strategy experience desirable
Numerical and analytical skill with the ability to handle large quantities of dataIf this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success