Senior Category Manager - Frozen Seafood

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The Role

Take responsibility for / support the category management of nominated customer(s); to support category process in line with the Sofina & Customer strategic objectives to deliver category growth.

Duties Include:

• Build relationships with key buying / category / range contacts, that makes Sofina the most trusted supplier in the category.
• Support development of a category, innovation & brand cycle which works 12 months from the customers planning processes, helping them to drive the long term growth of the category.
• Have a robust view on sector, category & consumer trends and can identify future opportunities and gaps.
• Bring together shopper insights, market & retailer data to best understand & present the market & the consumer dynamics.
• Lead category reviews, identify issues & develop recommendations to drive growth for Sofina & our customers in line with strategies & objectives.
• Monitor outcomes through category analysis and make recommendations to correct if / when necessary.
• Deliver agreed reporting schedule to retailer ensuring that range review recommendations, range change reviews and NPD performance tracking is all delivered in a timely manner that fits to retailer planning horizons.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Good communicator, trustworthy, friendly & professional
• Commercial awareness
• Experienced of in working in a commercial / category environment
• Preferred experience with various data delivery platforms (Kantar, IRI, Nielsen) and to be self-sufficient for the majority of day-to-day data mining & sourcing requirements
• Highly analytical & able to distil large quantities of data, information & ideas into key insights & actionable recommendations
• Organisational skills; prioritisation & time management
• Strong sense of team working, believes in winning as a team and creating a culture of best practice
• Flexible in the approach to workload

The Benefits:

• Competitive rates
• Online Benefits Hub
• Canteen
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Company pension
• Referral programme
• Health & wellbeing programme