Category Management

THE COMPANY

A $500m global confectionery branded business which continues to experience unprecedented growth across both UK and international markets, driven by exceptional consumer purchasing, fuelling ever-increasing rates-of-sale through high street retail and grocery retail multiple accounts.

They have a highly collaborative Sales & Marketing team that works with pace, enthusiasm and a clear, well-invested, brand-led marketing strategy focused on consumer insight-led, product innovative, effective brand communications and driving targeted trade listings, distribution and promotional activities. Their brands and target consumers echo a strong sense of fun and energy, which sets the cultural tone across this supportive yet driven business.

THE ROLE

To further support the high international growth division, the UK board are looking to further invest in their Marketing team with an appointment of a new Category & Insight Manager.

This is an exciting role with a combined range of category management and insight responsibilities, with a high level of working cross functionally both internally and externally with the sales team and directly with major customers. Working with consumer insight data from Circana and Nielson plus specific research projects, you will shape brand-led internal strategies and reporting, as well as creating and presenting highly effective customer-led trading stories focused on achieving brand distribution and activations with major retail multiple customers.

This is a high-profile role where you can demonstrate your category insight capabilities both internally and working with National Account colleagues as part of a dynamic customer facing team.

Working closely with the Marketing and Sales teams you will help shape strategies and brand-led stories that will play a central role towards helping the business meet their objective in doubling sales over the next 4 years – exciting stuff!

ABOUT YOU

Having shaped your FMCG career around consumer insights and category/brand storytelling, you have developed up to Category Manager level, gaining experience and lots of success in driving profitable sales within either grocery retail or impulse retail major accounts. Or you could have gained your CatMan experience managing international grocery multiple retailers.

You love numbers, analysis and more importantly, you can create compelling category/brand-led stories that motivate and influence key customer stakeholders and drive rate- of-sale performance at point of purchase.

You are comfortable working as part of a cross-functionally collaborative team, are highly personable, hardworking and driven to deliver high standards of work together with the ambition to achieve your business objectives.

So, if you are looking to join the team and secure this rare opportunity in a dynamic fast growing international business, please forward your CV quoting reference MS/2801 together with your benefits package details to mark@smithcarey.co.uk OR give Mark Smith a call on 07747 847214 for an initial discussion.

While we aim to respond to all applicants, there may be times where this is not possible due to a high volume of applications. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days, please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful.