Category Manager

Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced professional to join this manufacturer and supplier of fast-moving consumer goods as their Category Manager.

Role: Category Manager

Location: Dublin

Duration: Permanent

The successful candidate for this role will be an integral part in building, developing, and maintaining credible, long term, category lead relationships, internal & external. In addition, they will be the voice of the consumer and shopper in the organization delivering actionable insights that deliver category value creation.

Responsibilities

• Link closely with agencies and identify appropriate insights and data sources for Ireland. Turn insights into actions within retailers by executing, analysing, and evaluating category plans.
• Localise the category vision by integrating relevant existing category, shopper, consumer and brand insights and data. Drive incremental growth in the category by translating our category vision to customer specific initiatives through a shopper first lens.
• Create, develop, and deliver regular category updates for internal & external stakeholders
• Provide business analysis and insights of sales, pricing, promotion, opportunity gaps for incremental volume
• Deliver new item introductions and performance analysis and new product/package mix analysis
• Provide a holistic and integrated view of the 'why' and 'what' is happening in the category, shopper behaviour and marketplace (with retailers/channels), to help prioritize strategic and tactical initiatives for the CCBT.
• Managing the end-to-end critical path, to deliver range events in line with the merchandising schedule providing leading edge Category Management solutions
• Bring the shopper & consumer view to the CCBT aiding the delivery of Shopper insights and recommendations in the delivery of NPD, promotional plans and JBP building.
• Understand how the shopper is shopping the category, identify opportunities to put Unilever products outside of the main fixture.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills are required to express analytics to various levels in the organization; as well as the ability to deliver presentations and training
• In-depth knowledge of the consumer goods industry including class of trade, customer groups, category, competitive products, competitive strategies, and industry trends
• Must be able to effectively interact with peers, sales management, and senior management
• Be able to work effectively in a team environment
• Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel
• Excellent analytical skills are needed not only to evaluate, but to provide useful, actionable tools that are clear, meaningful, and delivered in a timely manner
• Strong project management and planning competencies
• Innovative, solution-oriented mindset with problem solving and strategic thinking skills
• Self-motivated and able to work independently

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

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