Category Manager
1 month ago
Location: UK Remote (1/2 Days per month in Cambridgeshire)
Salary: Up to £65,000 + Car Allowance + Benefits
This is a customer-facing category management role where you will be pivotal in shaping and driving category growth on Tesco's retail account for a leading FMCG organisation that holds a significant market share in the categories it represents. You’ll spearhead category strategic initiatives that fuel business growth and profitability and influence cross-functional teams on NPD and innovation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Instrumental in influencing key grocery accounts.
- Customer relationship management
- Delivering data-driven category strategies.
- Contributing category insights to identify category growth.
- Cross-functional collaboration with internal teams such as marketing and commercial.
The ideal individual will have strong Category Management experience and a good understanding of the UK retail grocery scene (Tesco exposure would be useful). 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 Circana, Nielsen & Kantar Data to make smart, data-driven decisions.
If the role and responsibilities sound interesting – then I’d love to speak to you
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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