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Category Manager

Clarify Consultancy Ltd
Job LocationWigan
EducationNot Mentioned
Salary£45,000 - £55,000 per annum
IndustryNot Mentioned
Functional AreaNot Mentioned
Job TypePermanent, full-time

Job Description

Our client, a leading international manufacturer, are looking to recruit an organised, professional and ambitious Category Manager to join their established Senior Management Team.Working alongside the Directors, responsibilities will include:

  • To create, lead and embed the company’s vison and plans, working in partnership with our customers.
  • Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
  • Act as an objective and independent category advisor, developing and delivering annual category strategy and plans to deliver significant category growth opportunities for the company and the customers
  • Build trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
  • To increase sales and profitability of business driving sustainable growth.
  • Build compelling category selling stories to shape retailers’ thinking
  • Lead and facilitate cross functional category projects (internally and externally) managing multiple stakeholders.
  • Analyse data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
  • Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
  • Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
  • Liaise with marketing teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
  • Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories
    • Preferred experience:
  • Strong analytical and proficient in the use of external market data tools with the ability to turn data into insight
  • Experience of continuous and ad hoc shopper and consumer market data/ research. Knowledge and experience of using IRI/ Nielsen EPOS data and Kantar/ Scantrack consumer panel data is essential and Dunnhumby is preferred.
  • Good communication, relationship building and stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong leadership skills, a strategic thinker, and a real team player.
  • Educated to degree level, ideally in marketing or business-related degree.
  • 3 Years + category management/ commercial experience
  • Good understanding of Category management principles - understands the 8-step process and the triple win approach, demonstrates it in day-to-day activities.
  • Evidence of developing and executing category strategies, tactics and plans in partnership with retailers (range, promotion, merchandising, price).
  • A thorough understanding of retail, sales and how organisations work (including ranging and space planning).
  • Advanced Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint skills.
    • In return the company offers an excellent salary and benefits package, an innovative and dynamic work environment. In addition, the role also offers genuine scope for fantastic career progression.Salary£45,000 - £55,000 plus bonus Required skills
  • Competitive Pricing
  • Market Data
  • Tactics

    • Keyskills :
    Competitive Pricing Market Data Tactics

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