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Are you working in category management or insight within the retail or FMCG sector? Perhaps you've met a glass ceiling in your current role and are keen for the next step up? Maybe you're not so passionate about your current product range and keen to work with a renowned and successful consumer brand? Or perhaps you're fed up with the commute to the big city, and want something a bit closer to home?
If any of the above rings true, then it could be worth reading about the opportunity we have with a fantastic consumer organisation based in Suffolk. They are in search of a highly motivated and skilled Category/Product Manager to join their growing and successful product team.
This is an exciting opportunity for the post-holder to challenge themselves within a fast-paced, dynamic and recognised organisation that has seen significant growth year on year. Ideally, candidates will be coming from either a product development or buying role at a consumer products/ FMCG company or similar industry.
Key Responsibilities
- Continuously monitor market trends and manage lifecycle of new and existing products within designated categories
- Analysis of assigned product ranges in-line with consumer and market research
- Product sourcing within assigned categories
- Management of costing process for potential new products
- Ensuring all products meet relevant local market legislation
- Oversee creation of product artwork collateral
- Assist management with completion of annual Commercial Plan
Key Skills:
- 3+ years in a product development or buying role
- Experience in a consumer product/ FMCG company or similar industry
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Packages
- Experience in a supervisory, team lead or management position
- Willingness to travel, nationally and internationally
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exciting Product Team who are really looking to grow their brands, and in turn, as a business. The position will allow for a hybrid structure, but only after the passing of a probation period, afterwards, it can be arranged for 2 days working from home a week. Due to the location of the Suffolk based office, this role is commutable via Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich, Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds & Sudbury.
Zero Surplus is East Anglia's premier recruitment agency, based just outside Cambridge our recruiters source staff for small and international businesses across Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Northants, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire, and the East of England.
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