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Category Manager | Chilled Food | Home Based

Employer
MorePeople
Location
Kent
Salary
£40000 - £45000 per annum
Closing date
18 May 2021

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Sales & Marketing
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Job Details



Category Manager | Chilled Food | Home Based
Are you an experienced category manager with a background in the food sector? Do you know what it's like to serve the major food retailers with category data and a plan to make the most of the opportunities in the market? If so, we want to hear from you.

Salary
~£40-45k

About Our Client
Our client is a leading manufacturer of fresh/chilled food. They supply the major UK food retailers, discounters and foodservice markets with a variety of products. They have a great reputation for quality and service levels and have built real, collaborative relationships with their customers. They have multiple locations across the UK, each with state of the art facilities that have seen significant investment. Our client is committed to delivering products that add value to their customers and consumers.

About the Role
This role will focus on the category relationship for our clients' Asda business as well as some other smaller retail accounts. You will utilise your category and data experience to drive relationships and make the most of any commercial opportunities within the customer. You will be adept at using Excel and know how to make the most of data from Kantar, Dunnhumby etc as well as retailer systems (ideally retail link). You will use these skills to ensure our client and their customers are reaching their target market, increasing market share and creating the best possible range of products in a very fast-paced and short shelf-life product environment. You will work very closely with the NPD, Commercial teams and other internal stakeholders to deliver the best options for the business and customers.

The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have a proven category background in a food retailer/food retail supplier. You will be dynamic and able to work at a real pace. You will be a strong communicator and be able to stand on your own two feet and be self-assured. You will be able to problem-solve and work closely with internal/external teams to deliver. You will have experience in working with retailer systems. Being able to mine data from Kantar, Dunnhumby and POS providers to create a sales story and category argument based on numbers and data will be imperative to this role. You will be able to present to retailers and show your passion for food and their customers.

Minimum Requirements
To be considered for this role, as a minimum, you will need to have held previous roles as a category manager within the food industry supplying the major retailers. You will need to have experience with Kantar data and be able to show your ability to turn this into a category plan to deliver commercial results. You will be home-based but willing to travel to sites within the business 1-2 days a week plus customers. Someone based in the South East or North West would therefore be advantageous

Application Process
Our client wants to fill this role ASAP and will likely move quickly for the right person. The process will include two stages and a presentation/task involving category data.

How To Apply
If this sounds like you, please click apply now. To discuss the role in more detail please contact Tom Edmondson-Matthews on 01780 480 530 or tom@morepeople.co.uk. Job reference TEM13325

Company

MorePeople are a specialist recruitment business for the food, fresh produce, horticulture and agriculture industries. Founded in 2000 by two passionate foodies with vast experience in the industry, we’re a growing team comprising of a mixture of ex-industry professionals and professional recruiters passionate about the sector.

Offering a functional approach to recruitment, we have dedicated expert teams to assist in all roles across a business;

  • Commercial  
  • NPD
  • Operations
  • Technical
  • Growing
  • Agronomy
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • HR, Admin & IT
  • Rural Surveyors, Land Agents & Estate Managers

The team are committed to offering the best recruitment service for all professional roles within the sectors in which we operate.

Find out more on our website at www.morepeople.co.uk or call us on 01780 480530.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
01780 480530
Location
MorePeople
Cherryholt House
Cherryholt Road
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2EP
United Kingdom

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