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Category Advisor

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• Location: South East
• Sector: Food and drink
• Salary: £30000 - £35000

Category Advisor - £30,000 - £35,000 plus package - South East England/London

This leading branded food business are leaders in major food categories, their brands are remarkable iconic brands that will resonate with every family in Great Britain today.

In order to help shape strategy and continue to be category leaders they are recruiting a Category Advisor to work in line with a major grocery retailer across a core category.

As Category Advisor you will be focused on understanding and implement category thought leadership objectives and strategies in line with customer strategies. This role involves analysing and manipulating data to form insights and recommendations working closely with sales and marketing teams to build category stories. In a customer facing capacity you will be keen to get in front of the customer and build your commercial awareness. Ultimately you will provide analysis and interpretation and recommendation of ranging, promotions and merchandising opportunities.

To be successful in this role you will be:

Highly numerate, with the ability to analyse and interpret market, customer and financial information, identifying key trends and able to extract pertinent data.

You will enjoy being customer facing and have a good understanding of the market and retailers

You will be working within an FMCG environment currently or working for a continuous data agency and have commercial exposure.

You will understand the principles of category management

You will be proven in working to project timescales

Comfortable presenting and communicating internally and externally

Highly analytical, with strong computer skills on excel.

Experience of data manipulation, experience on AC Nielsen, TNS and IRI would be ideal, customer databases such as Retail Link, T.I.E would be an advantage.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make your next step in your career in Category Management in an environment that will challenge and develop you.  You will be rewarded for your work and the value you can add through an attractive salary and package.

A full detailed job description will be provided on application  so please forward CVs  to recruitment@workwithseven.com

Contact

Sarah Brennan on 0845 4379770

Reference

sb/104927/7

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