Category Executive

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Our client is a leading manufacturer in London offering excellent career progression and job satisfaction. They’re currently looking for a Category Executive to be based at their West London office.

Category Executive role:

The Category Executive reports to the Senior Category Manager. The company views category management as key to future success and the delivery of ambitious growth plans. This role is critical in allowing the company to demonstrate our knowledge and leadership across categories and to drive the development of progressive partnerships with the retailers.

Category Executive Main tasks and responsibilities:

Work with the Category Controller, Senior Category Manager & Category Managers to develop our Customer category relationships, across all product categories, in an unbiased and objective manner

To work with the category team to be the voice of the shopper both internally & externally

To work with the Category Managers on key retailer range reviews, in particular:

Providing examples of instore execution

Interrogating merchandising plans and recommending how to optimise them

Identifying & analysing key outcomes of range reviews as they go live in store, ahead of data availability

In time to become the category point contact for specific channel insights

To deepen & enable the category knowledge of internal stakeholders by:

* Sharing branded performance headlines as market data becomes available

* Publishing accurate & insightful category reports, monthly

* Sharing topline category overviews, deep dive insights or market news in a variety of meeting forums

* Monitoring company SKUs & competitors prices

To give a clear view on the performance of both branded and own brand product launches

To support the exploration of new categories via instore and desk research to identify key insights & build knowledge

To co-ordinate the capture of key instore events eg Christmas, Valentines

To maintain the Retailer Range Review Calendars

To ensure the integrity & accuracy of external data sources via monthly coding reviews, database management & regular liaison with our agency partners.

Category Executive Key Stakeholders:

* Brand Team

* Commercial Team

* Product Development

* Retailer buying, category insight, development & merchandising teams

* Data & Insight agencies

Category Executive Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have the energy and ambition to make a significant contribution to the future success of the business. They will thrive in fast paced, action orientated environments and relish new challenges, managing multiple priorities and working collaboratively with their colleagues to deliver a shared goal.

Background:

* FMCG background in UK.

* A proven analyst and coordinator

* Degree educated, desirable but not essential

Skills:

* Strong communication

* Excellent analytical thinking, attention to detail and interpretation of data

* Hard working , highly organised and efficient

* Team worker with good interpersonal skills

* Able build positive internal & external working relationships

* Ability to deal with pressure & multiple priorities

* Working knowledge of excel & powerpoint

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?

Category Executive Company Package:

Market Leader in their products and sector

C £30,000

Health care single cover

Permanent Health Insurance

Company pension contribution

25 days holiday + Bank holidays

Company sick pay

4 x Death in Service

If you would like to apply for this role, please send an up to date copy of your CV to Kate Evans as soon as possible quoting reference GP305
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Location:
London
Salary:
£30,000 /annum plus full benefits package
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Marketing

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