Job Description
The Client
Our client is a leading Branded and Own Label UK Food Business and is experiencing high growth across the categories they serve. Their brands are either No. 1 or No. 2 across the Grocery Channel, and they have plans to introduce new brands to the market. This is combined with a NPD-driven own label offering and an overall Category Led commercial strategy. The business is now in a position to expand its Category Team.
The Role
As the Category Manager, you will be tasked with leading several Grocery Customers within the overall group.
1. Working cross-functionally both internally and externally, you will drive a strong growth agenda within your business unit that will play a significant part in maximizing EBIT performance of the UK business as a whole.
2. In order to achieve this, you will take ownership of driving a “change agenda” both internally and externally to the business.
3. You will assist in forming short-term goals (12-18 months), while long-term goals will be devised some 3 years into the future, hence the intellectual stretch you will experience will be unparalleled in your career to date.
4. Working closely with the UK Head of Category and Sales Director, you will assist them in forming the “Commercial & Category Compass” for the business to set its course.
5. This role will be your building block to a 2-3 step career development curve within the business.
Candidate Requirements
Candidates will have ideally gained exposure to Category or Customer Marketing within one of two channels:
1. Leading FMCG Businesses (either Own Branded or Own Label).
2. Working directly for a UK Retailer within Category/Customer Marketing.
In doing so, they will be at ease with operating in an intellectually stretching environment, where results are driven via a “strategic” approach. Finally, the role requires a real “can do” mentality alongside a creative flair for solution-focused thinking inside an international corporate framework.
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