Senior Category Manager

Position: Senior Category Manager

Salary: 55,000 - 75,000 plus Bonus, 5K car allowance, Pension, + enhanced benefits - Online Benefits Hub, Healthcare, Life assurance scheme, Free onsite parking.

Hybrid set up: This is mostly a field based role and you will meet up with the team 1 day a week in the Cookstown office.

What they do: Food / Grocery

Size of company: 3,000 employees across 40 sites worldwide

Company culture and what makes them great to work for: This role covers both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, offering an exciting opportunity to take charge of category management for designated customers. You'll be key in driving category growth by aligning the category process with both the company and the customer's strategic objectives. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and contribute to a collaborative growth strategy, this role is for you..

Key responsibilities:

• You will build relationships with key buying / category / range contacts, that makes the company the most trusted supplier in the category.
• Support development of a category, innovation & brand cycle which works 12 months from the customers planning processes, helping them to drive the long term 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 for the company and their customers in line with strategies & objectives.
• Monitor outcomes through category analysis and make recommendations to correct if / when necessary.
• Deliver agreed reporting schedule to retailer ensuring that range review recommendations, range change reviews and NPD performance tracking is all delivered in a timely manner that fits to retailer planning horizons.

Essential Criteria:

• Full UK Driving Licence
• Experience of in working in a commercial / category environment
• Preferred experience with various data delivery platforms (Kantar, IRI, Nielsen) and to be self-sufficient for the majority of day-to-day data mining & sourcing requirements
• Highly analytical & able to distil large quantities of data, information & ideas into key insights & actionable recommendations
• Organisational skills; prioritisation & time management
• Strong sense of team working, believes in winning as a team and creating a culture of best practice
• Flexible in the approach to workload

To apply: You can apply right here or contact Sarah Rickard, Talent Partner @ Major Recruitment.

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