Interim Category Manager

2 weeks ago


Dorset UK, South West England, United Kingdom 4P Connect Full time

Role - Interim Category Manager - Grocery

Location - South East UK (2 / 3 days a week in HQ)

Day Rate - c.400 per day


We're in the process of hiring for an Interim cover opportunity for a key client working in the own label food and drink industry that have a number high quality brands to supply a number of the major retailers in the UK.


In this role you will be providing actionable insights to unlock category growth and to maximise range and distribution opportunities. The successful candidate will be reporting directly to the Category lead, who has a proven track record of developing outstanding category development professionals. You will be responsible for presenting top quality actionable category insight and recommendations to help facilitate growth.


You will be responsible for working closely with the Brand teams to develop strong insight-led NPD propositions and category, shopper & consumer centric trade presentations. The successful candidate develop the strategic promotional guidelines and provide the support to enable our commercial teams to implement these with the trade.


Key experience needed:

  • A number of years FMCG Category Management experience, ideally with exposure to leading grocery retailers & own label products;
  • Ability to manage a number of different tasks and deliver results on time
  • Organised, disciplined and high attention to detail
  • Ability to build relationships and be able to ‘flex their style’
  • Experience in FMCG/data sources e.g. IRI/KANTAR & Space Planning
  • Excellent IT skills, especially Microsoft Excel & Powerpoint


Please do reach out to set up an initial conversation & find out more about this exceptional opportunity.



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