Senior Category Manager in Branston - CV-Library

Senior Category Manager

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Senior Category Manager

Full time

Onsite, Lincoln

£50,000 - £55,000

Benefits

4.5 working week, finishing at 12:30pm on a Friday

Car allowance

25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays

Company bonus scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Private Health Insurance

Life Assurance & critical illness cover

Onsite Parking

Discounts platform

Long service celebrations

Employee Assistance Programme

Free fruit & potatoes

Electric salary sacrifice car scheme

Flu vaccines

Refer a friend scheme

The company

From our sites in Lincoln, Scotland and the South West, we supply some of the largest retail, wholesale and food manufacturing customers in the UK.

Our expertise goes much further than just supply and demand. We offer our customers real innovation, whether developing new potato varieties, packaging solutions or cutting-edge processes. And it’s not just fresh potatoes. We're also continually developing our great range of innovative, ready-to-cook prepared vegetables.

At Branston we thrive to be the best, through our values and invest in our people. This is a fast-paced environment and looking for someone who is adaptable in their approach.

Are you looking for a new role where you can develop your career?

You will be our expert category manager, creating consumer and category insights to deliver commercial solutions. Developing customer relationships and be the key link between internal and external relationships.

You will also manage, motivate and support the development of the category team.

What you will be doing:

Develop Branston categories through qualitative and quantitative research, insight & trends

Develop strong category relationships both internally and externally

Strategic reviews of major trends and opportunities

Drive short and long term actionable consumer and category insights to deliver commercial solutions

Create and implement yearly trade marketing plans for our categories

Review and deliver categories, recommendations and new product launches

Using Dunnhumby to gain insights on shoppers, formats, tiers to assist with decision making process

Create monthly action plans addressing needs of the category

Support the Sales & Marketing team in Brand development

What we want from you:

Essential

FMCG or retail background with a passion for food

Brand experience

Own label category manager

Ability to build good working relationships at all levels

Understanding and skill in Dunnhumby, Nielsen, Kantar, IRI systems

Ability to interpret data and create insights and recommendations

Proficient IT skills (Ms Powepoint Excel, word etc, presentation writing)

Able to lead meetings and co-ordinate cross-functional working

Can demonstrate creative flare

Desirable

Business degree or relevant qualification