Category Manager
1 week ago
Location: London Area
Hybrid: 3 Days in head office
Salary: Up to £50,000 + Benefits
About the Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to shape and drive category growth with key retail partners. Working for a leading international business that plays a major role within the snacking & confectionary category. The company has seen significant growth with strong sales across all channels, successful product launches, and a strategic plan for further expansion.
This is a customer-facing category management role with responsibility for building strong relationships with key grocery retail customers while providing the sales and marketing teams with regular insights into market opportunities. You’ll be instrumental in influencing key grocery retail customers, delivering data-driven strategies, and contributing to the continued success of both the category and the business.
Key responsibilities:
- Build and nurture strong relationships with key grocery retail partners.
- Leveraging insights to influence merchandising strategies and range plans at category reviews.
- Provide in-depth analysis and insights to identify category growth opportunities.
- Providing analytical support the development of category plans.
- Collaborating with internal teams to achieve company objectives and overall drive brand growth.
The ideal category manager will have experience in a similar level Category Management role and a strong understanding of the UK retail grocery scene. You should be comfortable building relationships and working closely with customers, with a passion for figuring out what drives category performance. Experience in creating and delivering successful Category Growth Plans is key, along with familiarity with using tools like JDA, Nielsen & Kantar Data to make smart, data-driven decisions.
If the role and responsibilities sound like a good fit for you – then I’d love to speak to you
If you’re interested in finding out more about our available opportunities or how we can help you further your career, then please contact us today.
Please get in touch with Thomas or click “Apply Now” to be considered for this vacancy.
The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner, based in the UK, to the FMCG and consumer product sectors.
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