Category Management Specialist

6 days ago


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom MorePeople Full time
About the Role

This is an exceptional opportunity for those looking to progress their career in Category Management. Working for a leading company in the Food Manufacturing sector, this role is fundamental in influencing retailers with category insights.

This role will primarily be responsible for driving engagement with the Category Strategy with the targeted grocery retailers, enabling excellent execution of their brand plans and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Extensively using continuous data sources to guide and support the commercial team through influencing and developing relationships with retailers to understand their shoppers. Ultimately leading to the right range, distribution, space and promotions being activated in order to maximise the category opportunities.
  • In addition, the role places a category lens on the way our brand ambitions are optimised by providing guidance and support to internal stakeholders through continuous data, shopper and category knowledge. Demonstrating category thought leadership and championing voice of the shopper.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years experience in FMCG (Food & Fresh Produce) category management, preferably with experience in leading & influencing retailer category reviews.
  • Experience in category-based selling and building collaborative retailer relationships & influencing their decisions.
  • Experience in utilising data provider's tools and databases – e.g. Nielsen, Circana, Kantar, SIP.
  • Experience in influencing & shaping marketing plans and creating strategic change that shapes the thinking and delivery of business results.


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