Category Manager

4 weeks ago


West Devon, United Kingdom The Oval Partnership Full time

Job Title: Category Executive

Job Description:

The Oval Partnership is seeking a skilled Category Executive to drive profitable sales growth through strategic category planning, insight, and consumer understanding. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing category expertise to create and deliver differentiated category plans, realizing growth for customers and the business.

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide category expertise to create and deliver differentiated category plans, realizing growth for customers and the business.
* Demonstrate continuous best-in-class category management principles and work with cross-functional teams to elevate the shopper experience and ensure their business categories are the team of choice.
* Convey 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.
* Embed customer and category strategies into differentiated shopper-centric plans to influence key category levers, range, merchandising, price, and promotion.

Qualifications, Experience, Technical Skills/Knowledge:

* 4 years of previous experience in a Category Management-focused role within FMCG.
* Excellent interpersonal skills that demonstrate professionalism at all times, coupled with an inquisitive approach to category management - always conveying the 'so what'.
* Excellent data literacy skills, with the ability to illustrate skill in integrating data and insights.
* Enjoys generating creative and effective solutions.

If you are a motivated and experienced Category Executive looking to drive sales growth and deliver category excellence, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.


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