Our client are one of the UK's major food manufacturers, and on an exciting growth path.
The role will report into a Category Controller managing ASDA and Morrisons, this isn't a home based role - There is flexibility but you need to be pragmatic and geographically mobile to customers and manufacturing sites
You will take responsibility for the category management of ASDA and Morrisons ; 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
Bring together shopper insights, market & retailer data to best understand & present the market & the consumer dynamics
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
Work with the Marketing teams to create compelling category stories for branded innovation / listings
Ensure that the Commercial teams are appraised of all analysis to deliver a consistent message to our customers, highlighting risks & opportunities
Provide input to the commercial planning teams to aid future forecasts including innovation ROS and promotional uplifts
Commercial awareness
Experienced 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
prioritisation & time management
Flexible in the approach to workload
Networking & Building Relationships