Business Area: Nestlé UK&I - Confectionery
Customer Category Manager – 12 month fixed term contract
Location: York (Hybrid working – approx. 2-3 flexible days a week at our office)
Salary: Attractive Salary depending on experience + potential bonus + 12 flexible days in addition to holiday entitlement + other fantastic benefits
Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.
At Nestlé, we are proud to support and provide equality of opportunity that supports employees to effectively blend their work life and commitments through hybrid and flexible working arrangements.
Position Summary
Nestlé Confectionery is an exciting and forward-thinking place to work. As part of the Nestlé Confectionery UK team, you could be working with some of the world’s best-known and most-loved brands. We strive to put the consumer at the heart of everything we do and deliver the best-tasting and most permissible treats for consumers day after day.
We are recruiting for a Customer Category Manager to join the team on a fixed term contract, reporting into the Customer Category Lead. This is an exciting and pivotal role that will see you develop, manage and execute our customer category plans working in partnership with one of the Major Multiples, Discounters, Bargain Stores or Convenience retailers.
A day in the life of a Customer Category Manager...
You will be responsible for developing and deploying tailored channel and category plans at a customer level, including point of purchase solutions to deliver overall category performance resulting in market share growth for Nestlé, whilst ensuring impartiality with the customer.
You will also:
* Build great external relationships to become the leader of our Customers thinking and actions.
* Execute Nestlé category strategy and personalize it to meet the retailer’s needs.
* Successfully execute the category drivers for the channel within your customer.
* Deliver best in class insight to influence retailers.
* Have a deep understanding of the role of the shopper across different store formats and online.
* Closely monitor industry and competitor activity.
* Work closely with internal teams at Nestlé.
What will make you successful
To be successful, you’ll already have some fantastic category and/or commercial experience under your belt. You will be passionate, tenacious, results driven and enjoy working in a highly energetic environment. Acting as an ambassador for our Nestlé Confectionery brands, you will be commercially aware and have experience of influencing across all levels internally and externally.
You will also:
* Have a great analytical approach to drive insight.
* Be curious to understand changing shopper dynamics.
* Ideally, have experience of creating and selling winning category plans.
* Be resilient and adaptable.
* Understand the importance of working in a customer centric way.
* Be courageous and embrace new ideas.
* Have a love of learning and understanding 'why?'.
* A desire to get involved in activities that benefit communities.
What you need to know
We will provide support and coaching to help you develop yourself in your career and as an individual, as well as offering a competitive salary and benefits package. We will be considering and interviewing candidates as they apply.
Job advert posting date: 03/02/2025
Job advert closing date: 17/02/2025
At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. We embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be.
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