Category Lead

5 days ago


Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Meatex Trading Ltd. Full time

As Category Lead - Partnerships at Meatex Trading Ltd., you will take ownership for the full product life cycle within designated categories to achieve range and financial targets while aligning to the business needs and customer demand.

This role requires effective delivery and tracking of supplier commercial revenues, sourcing new products in line with the internal business strategy and external customer retention and development strategy, price management, Range Reviews, Competitor Analysis, Market updates, Commodity Tracking and reporting.

The Ideal Candidate

We're looking for someone with a strong desire to make a difference and go above and beyond for our customers.

  • Highly self-motivated to achieve agreed goals, able to work efficiently and independently within time constraints.
  • An organised and methodical approach to work and prioritisation that ensures the achievement of deadlines.
  • An understanding of key metrics that impact the commercial revenues including Overider, Marketing income & Product Rebates.
  • An understanding of the Foodservice marketplace.
  • Experience managing multiple internal and external stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills.
  • Strong Numeracy skills and GCSE grade C(4) or equivalent as a minimum.
  • Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel and ideally with experience using Office 365, Teams and Sharepoint.
  • FMCG Product knowledge ideally gained from within one of the 'out of home' channels.
  • Experience Managing the Product Lifecycle; List, Launch, Review, De-list.
  • Experience working as part of a team within an office environment.
  • An understanding of product allergens, nutritional information and government food legislation (Sugar Tax, HFSS Etc).

You will receive a competitive salary of circa £60,000 per annum, comprehensive benefits package, training and development opportunities, recognition for doing a great job and going the extra mile from customers, your department and the rest of the business, respect and support from your team, supervisors and managers, 33 Days of annual leave per year, life insurance for 2 times your annual salary, employee discount on purchases and regular special offers for staff, access to an online discount portal, providing discounts for gyms, the cinema, supermarkets, high street retailers, cashback for changing your electricity supplier and much more helping you to save money on purchases that you would ordinarily make, employee assistance programme that offers confidential support and advice which includes free access to legal advice, wellness programmes and much more, Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme, the opportunity to join our Savings Scheme, join the Staff Lottery to support our selected charities and be in with the chance of winning £250 each month, an additional day off each year which you can use to help a charitable cause of your choice and much more. We are also a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer.



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