Junior Category Manager Jobs

About The Company

Our client is a family business with over 30 years of award-winning experience in creating, rolling out and managing bespoke customer food-on-the-move solutions. Their customers include a selection of blue-chip companies in various industries, such as Shell, National Trust, Circle K, Autogrill and Dunelm. They offer a range of consultancy services drawing on our in-depth knowledge of the food-on-the-move sector and have managed projects in South America, North America, Asia, and European.

Their Head Office is located in the world-famous village of Cheddar, and we have an Innovation Centre near Bristol in Flax Bourton. Although many of the team are based across the globe, we regularly get together to review performance, share best practices, and socialise! As well as working in a challenging and fast-moving environment, we believe it’s important to have a big chunk of fun and no day is ever the same at FSC.

About The Role

Our client has a requirement for category captaincy support to develop the sales and profitability of food-to-go with a particular focus on hot dogs and pre-packed sandwiches.

This will be delivered through;

• Development of tools, materials, planograms, training videos, and manuals to guide the site teams to manage the offer and food safety.
• Significantly improving in-store execution of the existing fresh food & drink proposition through driving standards, food safety, availability, and customer engagement which in turn will drive sales.
• Upskilling of the ‘Customer Service Champions’ in store with intensive training and ongoing coaching.
• A marketing and promotion activity calendar, together with supporting POS and regular RETAILER communications
• Regular engagement with Territory managers to share individual site performance in terms of execution, food safety, waste management and sales delivery.
• Close collaboration with manufacturing and supply chain partners.
• A clear category plan, with sales, waste and margin targets which are compiled on a weekly basis to track profitability.

You will need to deliver the requirements of their customer’s growth plans on fresh food across the 5 key areas below.

• Operating Model
• IT and Analytics
• Marketing
• Operational Support
• Supply Chain

Essential

Requirements Qualifications (academic and work-related)

• Full driving license
• Educated to a university-level standard

Preferred

• CIM or CMI status preferred
• PMP, Prince II, or Agile qualification preferred
• Master level in Marketing, Management or Business Administration

Experience

• P&L management experience
• Experience in managing complicated data sets
• FMCG brand and/or innovation experience
• Familiar with retail intelligence agencies (e.g. IGD, KANTAR, CMA, etc.)
• Food & Retail industry experience would be an advantage

Skills & Behaviour

• Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods
• Team player and willing to go extra miles to support the business
• Project/programme management skills
• Able to deliver engaging presentations
• High tolerance of ambiguity and thrive in Change
• Strong commercial awareness with a strategic understanding over P&L delivery
• Good MS Excel user
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Knowledge of marketing principles and category management fundamentals
• Committed to continuous improvement
• High level of attention to detail
• Strong influencing skills to bring people along the journey

BenefitsCompetitive basic salary + 20 days holiday + your birthday off + health care scheme + other company benefits

35 hours per week. Generally, 9 am to 5 pm but some flexibility as due to the time difference with UK cross-over is limited inside of standard working hours