Assistant Category Manager – Beverage Foodservices – Croydon

Salary circ £28,000 plus an excellent benefits package

Nestlé Foodservices is currently looking for an Assistant Category Manager to join our Beverage category working on an impressive portfolio of world famous brands from Nescafé to Aero. This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about the food and beverage industry, to join our talented team and continue to drive Beverage category growth, and to set new standards that will continue to leave the competition behind. We’re looking for the ideal person to engage and as a team – make it happen! This role provides all the variety, challenges and teamwork you’ve been waiting for.

Reporting to the Catering Category Manager, you will be fully responsible for:

Managing up to three brands and identifying opportunities for them within the Foodservice/B2B environment. Recommending how best to maximise their growth, understanding the impact of consumer trends and RTM (Route to Market) customer implications, to drive improved turnover and profits.
Providing recommendations to the business, executing your ideas to reality.
Monitoring brand and product performance, and developing insight based category strategies.
Interpret market data to address customer needs, identifying initiatives and deliver promotions to increase sales.

The ideal candidate will have,

A proven track record in B2B marketing
Experience in briefing and managing creative agencies
Exposure and understanding of P&Ls and budgeting
Experience in a Foodservice environment preferred but not essential
HND/Degree in Marketing or equivalent business experience

You will already be a competent leader, a self starter, with bags of initiative. You will have excellent project management, communication, presentation and influencing skills to all levels, you thrive on results and in return will relish the fun, challenges and opportunities a diverse beverage business can bring.

And in return? You will get to work on some of our best brands, in a role where there is real variety and scope with the chance to work on some great projects and be a key decision maker. And you’ll be given the necessary resources, support and training to excel within the role.

To apply please send your CV to ruth.baker@uk.nestle.com