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Senior Category Manager

Surrey Permanent View Job Description
A pivotal Category role to lead the function within the wider commercial team as part of the leadership team. A business looking to further embrace Power BI / commercial data to realise customer category captaincy.
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  • You'll lead the Category agenda across key retailers within Healthcare OTC
  • You'll set/lead the Category vision resulting in best in class retail solutions!

About Our Client

A global family owned Healthcare OTC company with an established UK business, owner of 3 legacy brands. They take pride on embracing a set of core attributes which contributes to a positive environment for personal and professional growth:

Collaborative. Accountable. Responsive. Entrepreneurial.

Job Description

Responsible for developing and executing effective Category strategies to facilitate profitable sales in all three Healthcare categories.

Implement a comprehensive category growth agenda in strategic channels and customers by incorporating consumer and shopper insights to deliver best in class retail solutions.

Effectively translate data into actions for the sales team to support customer presentations, listing opportunities and the successful introduction of NPD.

Be a key member of the UK commercial operation and the wider team by exuding Value principles daily. Leadership, agility, an ability to create data driven recommendations, a passion for transformational growth and entrepreneurial drive will be keys to success.

Provide Category Leadership

  • Develop category and shopper insights, including the consumer journey, to develop authoritative channel / customer strategies for specific categories and the wider categories they sit within.
  • Be a strategic partner to account managers by using insights to create fact-based selling stories. Generate insights to help identify and prioritise category growth initiatives for all retailers, both in-store and online



Customer Planning and Implementation

Data Analysis, Reporting and Monitoring

The Successful Applicant

CPG / FMCG background in Category Management and / or Trade Marketing;

  • Strong working knowledge of consumer / shopper data tools e.g. IRI, Nielsen, Kantar alongside customer EPOS
  • Experience in delivering fact-based selling stories to influence decision-making
  • Strategic thinker with strong commercial skills proactive in identifying business opportunities
  • Self-motivated, self-starter, entrepreneurial spirit
  • Collaborative team player with excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Positive outlook, leadership capabilities

What's on Offer

Highly competitive salary + CA

27 days holiday

Hybrid working - 2 days in Surrey

Collaborative / encouraging / developmental environment

Contact
Michelle McEllin
Quote job ref
JN-102024-6554260
Phone number
+44 1932 264020

Job summary

Job function
Marketing & Agency
Subsector
FMCG & Consumer
Sector
FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Location
Surrey
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Michelle McEllin
Consultant phone
+44 1932 264020
Job reference
JN-102024-6554260