Category Manager

il y a 2 semaines


Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles, Belgique Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA Temps plein
Are you passionate about food, sales, marketing, and business? Would you like to work in an international environment with many exciting career opportunities with dedicated and skilled passionate colleagues? Fantastic, then we have an exciting opportunity for you in Cereal Partners Worldwide

Position Summary:


As a Category Manager, you will support the business to lead and develop the category to deliver long term category growth and profitably increase market shares.

You will be part of the Belgian Cereals team and will report directly to the Business Manager.

We offer exciting challenges in sales and marketing as well as the opportunity to work with strong international brands such as LION, NESQUIK, KIT KAT, FITNESS.

The role is based in our office in Brussels.

Our culture - "The Irresistable Organisation"

  • Our vision is "To make Breakfast Better".
  • As a team our belief is to be transparent, passionate and consumer centric.
  • Our mindset is being agile with a "can do" mindset

Your responsibilities:

  • Create the yearly strategic plan and recommend tailored category plan in line with overall market strategy;
  • Lead the commercial plan process to ensure multifunctional input and alignment to the key growth opportunities and action plans at customer level;
  • Ensure that strategies and plans are implemented at retailer level which deliver category growth based on consumer, shopper and customer insights;
  • Establish winning commercial propositions and support the development of customer and field sales plans;
  • Establish clear promotional strategy based on shopper understanding, current market knowledge and business strategy, and continuously evaluate the effectiveness of our trade investments;
  • Turn Shopper Insight into actionable instore solutions;
  • Continuously monitor of business results within the relevant segment by using both internal and external market data, driving related action and including key stakeholders;
  • Drive and lead Strategic revenue management projects and initiative to positively contribute to our growth and margin improvements.

What will make you successful:

  • You have at least 35 years of experience in sales (FMCG)
  • You have a validated commercial and category management experience where you have demonstrated commercial acumen & excel in customer management. You have a record of success in a customer facing role
  • You are comfortable with complexity and multitasking
  • You have a strong personal drive with a positive cando attitude
  • You are pragmatic with get things done attitude (entrepreneurial mindset)
  • Since the role is cross functional, your cooperation and team skills are critical to get your colleagues on board
  • You are courageous & curious
  • You have an open & assertive communication skills (incl language skills: English, French and/or Dutch are a must)
  • You enjoy turning numbers into stories and action plans

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