Great opportunity to join a large FMCG business in their category team. Category strategy really drives the business so there is a lot of influence and autonomy.
Key Responsibilities, scope for decision making, KPI's
- Build strategic extremal relationships
- Create solid, credible internal relationships
- Use a range of qual and quant insight to deliver rounded insight and recommendations
- Utilise the Category Strategy as a platform to drive forward the business
- Implement and deliver strategic, category-driven projects
- Project focus - Inc. deep dives into promotions, underperforming segments, range optimisation
- Business Planning - Defining range ladders, SKU optimisation, and review and course correction of NPD & Core
- Supporting tender proposals with strong category rationale
Primary Interactions
- Customers - Commercial and Category Teams
- Senior Commercial Leaders
- Brand Teams
- Commercial Strategy and Planning
- National Account Managers
Qualifications and Professional Experience
Category Leadership Experience essential (4+yrs)
Grocery/Coop Experience essential
Commercial experience preferable
Key Competencies and skills
- Turning macro, category, shopper and consumer data into actionable insight
- Transitioning insight into action and delivery
- Comfortable using a number of data sources to create insight e.g. iRi, Kantar, Mintel, Aimia, Dunnhumby, Sales Out
- Leadership of projects across multiple teams
- Ability to engage customers and stakeholders in a strategic agenda
- Strategic and Category Thought Leadership
- Strong presentation skills
- Previous experience in customer facing roles
