Job Role The Andros Category Management Team is viewed as key to the delivery of ambitious growth plans and to developing future growth plans.
This role is critical in allowing Andros to demonstrate our knowledge and leadership across the chilled desserts and yoghurts categories and to drive the development of progressive & successful partnerships with the retailers.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities: Enhance, progress and leverage our Category relationships with major Grocery customers. Work closely & collaboratively as a Category Adviser (or Challenger). Deliver credible, insight-led & actionable recommendations to support the growth of the category, customer & Andros. Advise retailers through key decision-making periods, effectively influencing range, space and distribution decisions. Ensure that a comprehensive category approach is taken in consideration of both brand and retailer brand. Collaborate with Marketing to provide external perspective on the consumer, shopper, retailer and competitor landscape for our categories, developing relevant knowledge. Identify key questions & challenges for the category or business. Identify gaps & opportunities. Support the development of consumer/shopper & category centric NPD & initiatives. Develop compelling sell-in stories. Be the voice of the shopper both internally & externally. Work with the Head of Category & Senior Category Manager to develop and embed category visions, drivers and strategies. Candidate Profile: The successful candidate will have the energy and ambition to make a significant contribution to the future success of the Andros business. They will thrive in fast-paced, action-oriented environments and relish new challenges, managing multiple priorities and working collaboratively with their colleagues to deliver a shared goal.
Background: FMCG background, preferably in the UK market. A proven category manager with a minimum of 3 years' experience. Skills: Knowledgeable in category management principles. Commercially aware. Exceptional communication and influencing skills. Ability to make insight simple, actionable & compelling. Excellent analytical thinking, attention to detail and interpretation of data. Ability to work under pressure whilst being highly organized and efficient. Able to manage short-term deliverables in parallel to developing long-term strategic thinking. Able to build positive internal & external collaborative working relationships. Working knowledge of Circana/Nielsen, Kantar & Dunnhumby. Advanced MS Office skills. The Individual: A 'can do' attitude, happy to 'roll up' their sleeves. Dynamic and creative with analytical integrity. Forward thinking and proactive. Has a natural curiosity to look beyond the brief & beyond the data, asking why? Happy to have an opinion, to challenge and to be challenged. Location: The role is office-based, full-time in West London (Hammersmith).
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