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A global blue chip manufacturer is currently seeking a Category Executive to support the management of market and customer data/insight to share with customers and internal partners.
The role involves analysing data, monitoring trends and assisting the category team to build compelling stories to support product listings, portfolio decisions and customer decisions.
The successful Category Executive will ideally have previous category / market insights experience within an FMCG manufacturing environment. Alternatively, this could suit a recent graduate who has completed a category / marketing / commercial placement during their university studies.
You will have excellent skills and experience using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and ideally will have used Kantar an Nielson to source and extract market intelligence and consumer insights.
Category Executive responsibilities include:
- Support Category Leaders in the day-to-day management of customer relationships and requests across multiple channels and formats.
- Ownership of key market and category reports for team and customer.
- Analyse Category performance and identify Category led opportunities.
- Support category manager in completion of range reviews
- Lead and present regular insights to both external and internal stakeholders.
- Complete value-add reports and adhoc requests for internal & external stakeholders.
- Utilise databases and manage the day-to-day relationship for one of our loyalty card data agencies.
- Own all recommendations on Butter/Cheese to support the growth for customer and brands.
- Collaborate and drive internal cross-functional relationships with teams such as commercial and brand.
With an office base in Staffordshire, this is a Hybrid role with 2-3 days a week work from home.
