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Category Manager (Marketing)

Novus Recruitment Ltd

Loughborough

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 60,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a dynamic Category Manager eager to collaborate with commercial teams and retailers. This role emphasizes a customer-centric approach, ensuring the right products reach the shelves while offering a perfect blend of analysis and teamwork. With a focus on career development and flexible working options, this position not only promises professional growth but also a healthy work-life balance. Join a forward-thinking company that values market intelligence and is poised for future growth. If you are passionate about category marketing and ready to make an impact, this role is designed for you.

Benefits

Car Allowance
Flexible Working Options
Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

  • Experience in category marketing with excellent numerical and analytical skills.
  • Good communication skills, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

  • Work with commercial teams to provide insights into market trends.
  • Analyze data to convey consumer insights clearly.

Skills

Category Marketing Experience
Numerical Skills
Analytical Skills
Communication Skills
Customer-facing Experience

Job description

Category Manager (Marketing)

£50k plus car allowance

Loughborough

Perfect opportunity for a Category Manager who loves to work closely with commercial teams and enjoys bringing the numbers to life. This is a customer-facing role working closely with retailers to ensure the right product portfolio is on the shelves for customers and consumers. The flexibility with this role allows for focused concentration on analysis, time with the team, and ultimately a great work-life balance.

The Business

  • This dynamic team is always looking to the future and is adding to their market intelligence with this Category Manager role.
  • The business has seen fantastic growth and the future is really exciting with additional growth plans.
  • Their longevity in the marketplace and success in recent years has further enhanced their market-leading position in the sector.

The Role

  • Work closely with commercial and development teams, supporting future development projects by providing vital insight into future market trends.
  • Opportunity for further training and development in this Category team – great career development potential.
  • Customer-facing – working closely with relevant contacts within the retailers.
  • Analyze data and put this into a narrative that explains consumer insights clearly and concisely.
  • Communication – verbal and written form is massively important in equal measure.
  • Flexible working is an option, which is always a real attraction for work-life balance and increasingly busy commutes.

Your Background

  • Experience in category marketing.
  • Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
  • A good communicator – confident and able to influence.
  • Ideally, some customer-facing experience.
  • Able to work to deadlines and prioritize effectively.

If you are earlier in your career, there are opportunities to develop. If you want a sideways move and the flexible working helps your work-life balance, this is a great option.

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