Category Manager - Trade

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Vacancy Name
Category Manager - Trade

Employment Type
Permanent

Country
United Kingdom

Location
Liverpool

Business Area
Commercial

Workplace Type
Hybrid

About Princes
The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Job Title: Trade Category Manager
Grade: 4
Department/Location: Category
Reports to: H ead of Category

Location: Liverpool City Centre

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Category Manager to join us here at Princes! To support with the development of category strategy for key business areas, aligned to Marketing priorities. Through category insight, you will work collaboratively with the wider business to create key merchandising principles to delivery on category growth. You will drive business awareness of the performance through monthly reporting and deeper analysis, to support the Marketing, RGM and Commercial teams.

Dimensions:

• Work closely with Princes Brand teams to support the development of strategic plans and provide relevant customer insight.
• Develop Princes category credentials, by being authority in canned goods, shopping, and consumption habits.
• Develop strong customer relationships across commercial, marketing and RGM teams.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Analyse market and customer data to provide meaningful reports and analysis, which drive strategic recommendations, both for internal & external customers.
• Monitor, report and record in market activity such as store surveys and promotion tracking.
• Be the key internal category contact for the category's allocated and to become the expert in data and shopper analysis.

Role Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Experience of category management having worked with UK major multiples.
• Extensive experience of using Kantar & IRI data sources, fully competent in manipulating their data software.
• Analytical with strong excel skills, can turn data into meaningful strategic insight.
• Ability to use data and insight from a number of different data sources to produce meaningful analysis and recommendations.
• Ability to communicate to a number of different internal and external stakeholders.
• Persuasive, articulate and astute.
• Team Player.
• Strong communicator - written and verbal
• Self motivated.
• Organised, efficient and able to work to deadlines and manage work load.

Benefits:

• £6,168 Cash Car Allowance
• Free Car Parking Pass
• 26 Days Annual Leave (including an additional day off for your birthday)
• Flexible Holidays - option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Hybrid Working - 4 days in office / 1 day WFH
• Critical Illness Cover (x2 salary / up to £50,000)
• Life Insurance (x4 salary)
• Discounted Staff Shop
• 14.5% Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policy