Category Management Specialist

4 weeks ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Signature Career Management Full time
Category Management Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Category Management professional to join our team at Signature Career Management. As a Category Management Specialist, you will play a key role in driving category growth and developing strategic plans to achieve significant category growth opportunities for our clients and retailers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and lead the foods division category vision to drive future growth across accounts.
  • Utilize Nielsen, Kantar, IRI, Dunhumby, EPOS, and shopper data to inform category strategy and plans.
  • Act as an objective and independent category advisor, developing and delivering annual category strategy and plans to deliver significant category growth opportunities.
  • Build and develop relationships with retailers based on credibility and trust.
  • Build compelling category selling stories to shape retailers' thinking.
  • Interpret and utilize category data to grow sales, by interpreting the key trends and dynamics shaping Grocery, Fresh and Chilled and the wider implications for the category and competitors.
  • Lead and facilitate cross-functional category projects (internally and externally) managing multiple stakeholders.
  • Work with NAMs to support strategic objectives with the retailer.

Requirements:

  • Strong analytical and proficient in the use of external market data tools with the ability to turn data into insight.
  • Experience of continuous and ad hoc shopper and consumer market data/research.
  • Knowledge and experience of using IRI/Nielsen EPOS data and Kantar/Scantrack consumer panel data is essential and Dunnhumby is preferred.
  • Able to commute to Leeds office 3 times a week.
  • Good communication, relationship building, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong leadership skills, a strategic thinker, and a real team player.
  • 3+ years of category management/commercial experience within an FMCG environment.

About Us:

Signature Career Management is a leading career management firm that specializes in providing top talent to the FMCG industry. We are committed to delivering exceptional results and building long-term relationships with our clients and candidates.

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