Category Manager - £50,000- £55,000 - London - FMCG

Excellent opportunity for a talented category manager to join a global FMCG giant, working on the food and drink side of the business.

You will have strong negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to develop highly strategic category arguments based on customer understanding and insight. Responsibilities are as follows:

Lead, motivate and manage your category management team

* Devise strategic brand and category plans across leading food brands

* Work with commercial teams to optimise category opportunities for your brands

* Optimise brand performance and develop a category strategy for your brands

* Support the commercialisation of category initiatives

Skills

* A background that incorporates sales and commercial experience

* Experience of category management in either trade or brand marketing

* Proven experience of driving activation / POP / POS materials

* Extensive commercial marketing experience

* A track record of implementing successful category strategies

* The ideal candidate will have a passion for NPD and Innovation, and will look to drive sales revenues through the development of your category. You will also lead the brand teams in developing compelling category focused presentations to be used throughout the business.

To apply please click "apply now" or email your cv directly to ben@jdeg.co.uk , alternatively call 0207 7227719 for a confidential discussion on this post.