JobDescription Brakes are recruiting fora Senior Category Manager - Meat & Poultry to join theMerchandising team on a full-time, permanent basis, reporting intothe Head of Merchandising.
As the Senior CategoryManager – Meat & Poultry, it is your responsibility to developand deliver a category plan that supports range development anddelivers in-year margin budget (e.g.
range management includingNPD; promotions; cross sell; customer marketing activity andpricing).
Deliver and evaluate brilliant category insight of totalperformance.
Ownership of category presence in all customer andsales communications, including online to raise the profile of thecategory internally and externally.
This role would suit acandidate with rounded commercial experience within a Head OfficeRetail, Foodservice or a blue-chip food manufacturerenvironment.
We are offering a hybrid contractwith 1-2 days a week in our Ashford, Kent office, so you willideally be located in the Southeast/London.
Flexibility will beneeded for team and supplier meetings across the UK, so a full,clean driving licence isrequired.
Key Accountabilities&Responsibilities: Usingcustomer, market and supplier insight for category performanceanalysis.
Focus the wider category team to create a strategy tomeet in year sales and cash margintargets.
Review and analyse categoryperformance each month, adapting the category strategy andmarketing plan to maximise opportunities and presenting to thewider team.
Own and activate all in yeardeliverables, including range plan, NPD with gap analysis andactivation / growth levers.
Project manageSysco 6 Stage Category Managementprogramme.
Run promotions and implementintelligent pricing recommendations to protect existing businessand grow new opportunities.
Support delivery ofstrategic priorities such as Brakes Essentials, Sysco premium andpartnership with Sysco Subsidiary companies e.g.
Fresh Direct &Kff.
Develop strategic relationships withpartner suppliers, to drive growth and support margin investmentopportunities across range, promotions and marketingplans.
Manage the yearly marketing plan for thecategory, including supplieractivation.
Supporting corporate sustainabilitypolicy, ensuring that all opportunities for recognition withaccreditation bodies are realised e.g.
Red Tractor and supportingbusiness initiatives such as transition to higher welfarechicken.
Present to and train the sales teamson category knowledge and keystrategic messages.
Ownership of categorydata, ensuring internal and external facing content is accurate.E.g.
E-List, new product launches, discontinuations, marketingdescriptions andwebsite.
Aboutyou: The successful candidate willbe results-based with a demonstrated track record of applyingfinancial, commercial or procurement skills to a range ofbusiness-related objectives, such as delivering cost savings orenhancing the quality of services provided to businesses.
A highlevel of commercial ability is crucial for the role, combined withrelevant commercial sourcing and / or category experience across achoice of categories and having experience of driving sales andmargin.
Ideally, you will have experience with customers andinternal insight and data analytics to make fact-based decisionsand create effective customer offerings.
Be comfortable usingconsumer insights, competitive assessment, pricing, promotionalplanning, and financial analysis.
You must be proficient in the useof Microsoft Office including Excel, (VLOOKUP, Formula, PivotTables) and PowerPoint and have experience of using Tableau.
It isdesirable for candidates to hold a professional Qualification inMarketing, Category Management, Merchandising orCIPS.
What you willreceive: A competitivesalary Company car allowance of£7,000 Pension scheme LifeAssurance Single private medical healthcarecover Generous holiday allowance of 25 days +bank holidays, with option to purchase additionalholidays Huge discounts on all sorts of lovelyfood and award-wining products through our staffshop Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping andearn cashback on purchases through Sysco benefitsportal Recognition awards andIncentives Real career opportunities - beingpart of Sysco, the world's leading foodservice business, opens aworld of possibility