Category Manager - Malton, United Kingdom - Chase and Holland Recruitment Ltd

Chase and Holland Recruitment Ltd

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Malton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Category Manager - 12 Month Maternity Cover - Malton - Up to £60,000Chase & Holland are delighted to be assisting a market leading FMCG business in Grimsby who are looking for a Category Manager to join their team. As Category Manager, you will be responsible for analysing and supporting the category process in line with thestrategic objectives to deliver category growth.

Package & Benefits:

25 days Holidays plus bank holidays
Flexible Hybrid working (can work from home 2 days per week)
Bonus Scheme
Car Allowance
Free parking

Category Manager responsibilities:

Build strong working relationships across key stakeholders internally and externally
Support development of a category, innovation & brand cycle which works 12 months from the customers planning processes, helping them to drive the longterm growth of the category
Have a robust view on sector, category & consumer trends and can identify future opportunities and gaps
Bring together shopper insights, market & retailer data to best understand & present the market & the consumer dynamics
Lead category reviews, identify issues & develop recommendations to drive growth
Monitor outcomes through category analysis and make recommendations to correct when necessary
Work with Marketing teams to create compelling category stories for branded innovation / listings
Ensure that the Commercial teams are appraised of all analysis to deliver a consistent message to our customers, highlighting risks & opportunities
Provide input to the commercial planning teams to aid future forecasts
Support the wider category team to creating a centre of excellence, ensuring that we deliver for both our internal & external stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience:

Strong communication skills and commercial awareness
Experienced of in working in a commercial / category environment
Preferred experience with various data delivery platforms (Kantar, IRI, Nielsen) and to be selfsufficient for the majority of daytoday data mining & sourcing requirements
Good organisational skills; prioritisation & time management
Strong sense of team working, believes in winning as a team and creating a culture of best practice
Good computer skill, including Excel and strong analytical capability
Tenacity and resilience
Experience working with external customers

Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

We specialise in finance, supply chain, HR, IT and office support recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire,Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire.