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Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum + excellent benefits
* Reference: J6848_1745506274
* Job Type: Permanent
* Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire
* Industry: Purchasing and Procurement
Are you a confident and analytical individual with a flair for identifying market trends? We are working with a long-established and successful FMCG family business focusing on offering a first-class service. They are looking for a Category Manager who can turn all category and shopper data into actionable insights with retailers. This is a full-time, permanent role, based onsite every day in Banbury.
As the Category Manager, you will be responsible for:
* Cementing your position as a key independent advisor with your buyers, building and maintaining strong relationships
* Becoming the category champion by delivering monthly updates to your accounts, proactively analysing performance, and providing insightful, challenging views on the category
* Reviewing customer and market data to optimise range and space with retail/wholesale partners
* Flagging risks and opportunities with distribution, advising account managers, and making robust recommendations on promotional strategies or ranging, including supporting NPD
* Contributing to the development and evolution of the top-line category vision for customers
* Performing data analysis — not just crunching numbers but telling the story behind them
* Training and coaching the team to make effective use of data and insights, ensuring self-sufficiency in data understanding
* Prioritising tasks quickly in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment
* Being hands-on and adaptable, contributing to all aspects from data analysis to process development for future growth
As a Category Manager, you must have:
* Excellent communication and storytelling skills, comfortable presenting data and making insightful recommendations
* A proven track record of delivering results and insight-led wins that drive value
* Strong relationship-building skills, both internally and externally
* A customer-centric approach to solutions that exceed business goals
* Experience in category management within FMCG, preferably in Household, Health, or Beauty categories
* FMCG experience in a category-based role, with a focus on delivering growth for customers
You will join a dynamic organisation that values talent management, career progression, personal development, and regular appraisals. The role offers a competitive salary of £45,000 and up to a 20% bonus (non-contractual).
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