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Senior Category Strategy Manager - FMCG Food

  • Location

    Cambridgeshire

  • Sector:

    Category Management, Commercial Strategy / MS&P

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

  • Contact:

    Sam Musgrave

  • Contact email:

    smusgrave@allexosearch.com

  • Job ref:

    1245

  • Published:

    over 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2021-09-30

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

  • Consultant:

    Sam Musgrave

Working for one of the UK's best known FMCG manufacturers, this is a highly recognisable business, who have a strong reputation of having a great culture and flexible working.
 
This is truly unique and exciting opportunity, joining the business in a newly created role where you'll be driving the category agenda both internally and across their most important retail customers.
 
Key Responsibilities:
 
Category Strategy
  • Take accountability for driving Category Strategy working closely with the senior leadership teams
  • Build and deliver the category vision across the business
  • Be at the forefront of Category strategy both internally and externally
  • Provide guidance and direction for category management, understanding retailer needs and identifying opportunities to the business. e.g customer and shopper marketing
 
Category Enablement
  • Play an active role in Category Leadership across the business and wider corporate group
  • Ensure the correct tools are in place for category success
  • Ensure clarity of reporting
  • Training and development is in place for the wider category team
 
Customer / Account responsibility
  • Work closely and have full responsibility for a strategic top 4 grocery account
  • Plan and coordinate roll out of range reviews and customer tailored plans
 
The ideal candidate will be operating at a Senior Category Manager level looking to develop and progress your career at a strategic level OR will already be a Category Strategy Manager OR MS&P Manager looking to use your expertise and experience in shaping and defining this newly created role.
 
Location: Cambridgeshire with homeworking flexibility
 
Salary: £Highly Competitive + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
 
As well as a highly competitive basic salary this role provides a range of fantastic benefits, inc. bonus, car allowance, contributory pension scheme, private health care flexible benefits scheme and much more!