Category Executive

3 days ago


Slough, United Kingdom P3 Search & Selection Full time

An opportunity to join a leading provider of foodservice solutions who have over 50,000 products that supply all areas of the foodservice industry. These include restaurants, hotels, bars, hospitals, care homes, businesses, stadia and education facilitiessuch as schools, colleges and universities.

The category team are responsible for overall product and category strategy. Working collaboratively in a Category Management approach to ensure that they have the right product offering that matches market trends, but also reflects customer needs.

As a Category Executive, you’ll be responsible for supporting and executing the category plans, identifying opportunities and creating useful tools to increase sales and margin opportunities. You will need to be confident analysing and interpreting datato drive increased sales and ultimately profitability.

Be able to incorporate the commercial strategy, supporting both their Own Brand and Branded business as well as integrating their channel and sector requirements. Take ownership for the category collateral assets and their execution through the Campaign& Activation team.

You’ll need to work cross functionally with buying, sales teams and suppliers so your communication, influencing skills and passion to deliver will be key in making sure you meet your deadlines.

You’ll need to come up with new ideas and 'think outside the box’, demonstrating that you are a champion of innovation on a daily basis to inspire colleagues and customers to adopt new ways of working.

On offer is a basic salary of £30 - £35,000, pension, 25 days holiday plus benefits.



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