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Category Manager - 6 Month Contract Are you a people centric analytical individual with FMCG category management experience at leadership level? Our client is a leading FMCG business seeking a category manager to manage and develop 7 accounts. If you have commercial category experience, then this could be the role for you. Key Responsibilities: Identifying opportunities for growth and potential risks within customer categories. Developing strategic relationships with key customers. Establishing robust internal relationships with colleagues in commercial and branding roles. Leveraging both qualitative and quantitative data to provide comprehensive insights and recommendations. Customising the Category Strategy to engage customers and achieve sustainable competitive growth. Executing and managing strategic projects focused on category analysis, including promotional evaluations, analysis of underperforming segments, and optimisation of range and space. Contributing to business planning through the definition of core product ranges, SKU optimization, and ongoing review and adjustment of new product developments and core products. Enhancing sales pitches to customers with compelling category-based justifications. Experience required: 2-3 years in a category leadership role in FMCG Turning macro, category, shopper and consumer data into actionable insight Able to learn and extract actionable insight from a number of data sources e.g. Nielsen, iRi, Kantar, Mintel, Aimia, Dunnhumby, Sales Out Leadership of projects across multiple teams
Category Manager Our Client is looking to hire a Category Manager, within the Public Sector in a Central Government Department. This is a superb opportunity for someone wanting a flexible work pattern (Hybrid - 1 day per week in a London Office) to support their personal responsibilities and career goals. As a Category Manager you will develop and implement Category Strategy for specific categories, balancing short and long-term objectives to meet business strategy and efficiency's (savings) in alignment with the business stakeholders Essential Skills NEC3 experience In procurement rather than delivery space Infrastructure / Construction Someone to support senior category managers (end to end major procurement's) Implement and develop procurement strategies. End to end procurement process. Working as part of a team to work through the major procurement.Infrastructure projects (Smaller to medium) Active SC is required. If this role sounds like something you would be interested in, please send your CV in Word format via this site. Our client is ready to schedule interviews in the coming days so apply now to avoid missing out! Disability confident As a member of the disability confident scheme, our client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. If you qualify for the above, please notify us on
This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic thinker with a proven track record in driving category growth, to join an ambitious team and develop their career as a Category Manager. Client Details Andros is a family-owned business based in South-West France with a turnover exceeding 3 billion Euros and 46 manufacturing sites globally. They're a leading European fruit transformation and chilled dairy producer, manufacturing the internationally famous brand Bonne Maman, as well as many private label products. Andros is a people focused business and put this above anything else. With ambition being one of their 5 core values, they invest in people who invest in them. Entrepreneurial mindsets are encouraged, and decisions are based on trust and a team player mindset. Communication is uncomplicated to keep the business agile and ahead of it's competitors. Bonne Maman is the leading brand within the jam category, has grown to number three in spreads and is now a strong competitor within chilled desserts and yoghurts. Their commercial operations are based in Hammersmith and they have a factory in Somerset. Description The Andros category management team is viewed as key to the delivery of ambitious growth plans and to developing future growth plans. They are now looking to hire a Category Manager for their sweet spreads range. This roles is critical in allowing Andros to demonstrate their knowledge and leadership across the category and to drive the development of progressive and successful partnerships with the retailers. The key responsibilities in this role will be to: Enhance, progress and leverage their category relationships with major grocery customers to work closely and collaboratively as a category advisor (or challenger) Deliver credible, insight led and actionable recommendations to support the growth of the category, customer and Andros Advise retailers through key decision making periods, effectively influencing range, space and distribution decisions Work collaboratively with marketing to provide a shopper, retailer and competitor perspective to identify key questions and challenges for the category or business Identifying gaps and opportunities for growth and developing compelling sell-in stories Support the development of consumer/shopper and category centric NPD and initiatives To be the voice of the shopper both internally and externally Work with the Category team to develop and embed category visions, drivers and strategies both internally and externally Profile The successful candidate will have the energy and ambition to make a significant contribution to the future success of the Andros business. They will thrive in fast paced, action orientated environments and relish new challenges, managing multiple priorities and working collaboratively with their colleagues to deliver a shared goal. The candidate will: Be from an FMCG background, preferably in the UK grocery market (food a bonus) Display a commercial mindset, with proven experience in national account management, category management or marketing Have exceptional communication and influencing skills Be an analytical thinker, comfortable with large data sets Possess the ability to make insight simple, actionable and compelling Demonstrate they can work under pressure whilst being highly organised and efficient Be able to manage short term deliverables in parallel to developing long term strategic plans Have excellent relationship building skills, both internally and externally and be comfortable presenting data Hold working knowledge of Circana/Nielsen, Kantar and Dunnhumby Be curious, eager to learn, have a 'can do' and forward thinking attitude Must be able to travel to Hammersmith 5 days a week Job Offer Competitive Salary 25 days holiday and Bank Holidays Personal private health care 6% employer pension contribution 4 x salary life assurance Employee Assistance Programme