Category Manager

1 month ago


West Devon, United Kingdom The Oval Partnership Full time

Our client, a leading food manufacturer, is seeking a Category Manager to drive profitable sales growth through strategic category planning, insight, and consumer understanding.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing category expertise to create and deliver differentiated category plans, realizing growth for customers and the business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conveying expertise that encompasses the market, the category, the customer, and the shopper to identify risks and opportunities for customers and the business to deliver category growth.
  • Embedding customer and category strategies into differentiated shopper-centric plans to influence key category levers, range, merchandising, price, and promotion.

Requirements:

  • 4 years of previous experience in a Category Management-focused role within FMCG.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating professionalism at all times, coupled with an inquisitive approach to category management.
  • Excellent data literacy skills, with the ability to illustrate skill in integrating data and insights.
  • Enjoying generating creative and effective solutions.


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