My client is a well-known multinational company responsible for some of the well -loved brands in the market. They are currently looking for a temporary Category Development Manager to support their sales and marketing team.

Day to Day responsibilities:

* Set trade strategies on price, promotion, shelf and range optimization

* Build a strong relationship with external data providers

* Create standard reporting suite and provide reporting to stakeholders

* Lead cost price increase initiatives

* Set range priorities and shelf strategy for major categories

* Create measurement tools to monitor performance of promo, range priorities and shelf execution

* Lead sales and marketing team in customer engagement with a category-based approach

* Attend category reviews

* Complete ad hoc duties and projects

The ideal candidate:

* Proven experience in FMCG sales/ marketing or category development and trade spend optimization

* Excellent communication skills

* Strong leadership skills

* Ability to engage stakeholders from all levels

* Adept in managing demanding and difficult situations

* Displays a "can-do" attitude

* Team player

This role is perfect for an experienced Sales and Marketing professional who is looking for a short-term contract within the FMCG space. Competitive salary rate on offer.

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