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Category Manager

icon building Company : Confidential
icon briefcase Job Type : Contract
icon geo-alt Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire

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Job Description - Category Manager

Join a sector leading brand who are a global manufacturer within the Food & Beverage sector. They are a market innovator, who offer a progressive and rewarding opportunity. So if you're looking for a new challenge in a growing company with fantastic benefits and culture to match - then please apply!

What's in it for you
  • Private Medical
  • Hybrid Working
  • Private Dental
  • Enhanced Pension
  • Life Assurance
  • 25 days holiday with the option to buy more!
  • Well-being Events
  • High-Street Discounts
Key Responsibilities
  • Foster strong relationships with both internal and external customer teams to better understand their needs, motivations, and goals, helping to align business objectives.
  • Play a key role in the range planning process, ensuring alignment with broader business strategies.
  • Build and maintain relationships with other grocery retailer teams, both internally and externally, to gain insights into their needs, motivations, and business goals.
  • Take the lead in shaping, developing, and implementing The Company’s Category Vision within the organization, promoting a 'Category-First' approach across teams.
  • Empower our commercial teams to access and utilize ad-hoc data, encouraging a broader perspective on success beyond The Company.
  • Ensure that qualitative insights from our (Friends) research go beyond the brand, complemented by continuous quantitative data sources for a comprehensive view.
  • Provide ad-hoc support for NPD projects, focusing on ROS, Distribution, and Category insights.

Experience Required
  • To embrace, embody, and exude all that is special and unique about The Company.
  • Ideally if you have experience using the following Nielsen Answers, IRI Plussuite, i2C, Kantar, Space Planning
  • Experience of building relationships with the top four supermarkets.
  • An understanding of Category Fundamentals vs Management vs Leadership.
  • Proactive ‘do-er’, keen to be involved in the success of the team.
  • Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.
  • Relationship-building skills – getting the best out of others to achieve the plan.
  • The ability to influence others through your flexible style.
  • Great communication skills.
  • A results-focused mindset with the ability to “never give up” and find solutions to challenges.
  • Experience in online retailing.
  • Passionate about systems with the ability to utilize technology for continuous improvement.
  • Passion for the brand and what The Company stands for – improving lives through healthy relationships with food.
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