Commercial Category Manager (Food): Grocery

London Permanent £35,000 - £50,000 per year View Job Description
This role will be a blend of Category Management, as well as National Account Management. You'll be responsible for building sell-in stories through data, as well as management of a national grocer
  • Work for a rapidly growing challenger brand
  • Split your time between category management and national account management

About Our Client

My client is a rapidly growing challenger brand in the health food space. With still only a few years in business, they've gone from strength to strength, and are growing their team as they continue their expansion into retail.

Job Description

Category

  • Lead on category data, using this to analyse trends, build category recommendations and sell-in stories
  • Present data to customers, supporting the sales team on delivering growth
  • Stay ahead of the market and create trends. As a leading challenger brand my client wants remain ahead



Sales

  • Work closely with the Head of Grocery to build our grocery E-comm business
  • Manage our Grocery E-Comm budget to deliver a trading plan on grocery dotcom
  • Full P&L management of a key customer

The Successful Applicant

  • Must have pre-existing category management exposure
  • FMCG background (food would be a bonus)
  • Experience of working with retailers
  • Must be commercially minded and comfortable working with data sets
  • Comfortable presenting to customers and managing internal and external relationships
  • National account management experience a bonus
  • Able to be in Central London 3 days a week

What's on Offer

  • Salary up to £50k depending on experience
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Company share options
  • Health & wellbeing benefits
  • Hybrid working model (3 days in Central London)
Contact
Will Barratt
Quote job ref
JN-012025-6631807
Phone number
+44 207 269 2223

Job summary

Job function
Sales
Subsector
FMCG & Consumer
Sector
FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods)
Location
London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Will Barratt
Consultant phone
+44 207 269 2223
Job reference
JN-012025-6631807