Category Manager

Redfox Executive Selection Ltd; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An award-winning fresh produce supplier is seeking a Category Manager to enhance their buying plan for fruit products. The ideal candidate will manage stakeholder relationships, negotiate costs, and fulfill customer needs. Experience in the fresh produce sector and strong analytical and communication skills are essential. This role is home-based with regular travel to the office.

Qualifications

• Experience in Fresh Produce categories, ideally Fruit.
• Strong analytical skills focused on end results.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and build relations with key stakeholders.
• Specify products and negotiate costs for savings.
• Understand and meet customers' product needs.

Skills

Experience within Fresh Produce categories

Good knowledge of the DTC UK food sector

Analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Negotiation skills

Personal integrity

Job description

Our client is a highly innovative award-winning supplier of Fresh Produce direct to consumers across the UK via home-delivery. Due to continued success, a superb opportunity has emerged to join them as Category Manager. This is a vital role which will require a significant contribution to successfully deliver their buying plan for their fruit-based product range. You will seek opportunities to improve leverage and achieve competitive advantage for the business. The successful applicant will be part of the Commercial team reporting to the Head of Procurement.

The Opportunity

• To effectively manage and build relations with key internal and external stakeholders
• To specify products and negotiate costs that delivers the maximum saving without compromising quality or service to customers.
• To understand and meet customers product needs
• To achieve agreed cost reduction, quality improvement and service enhancement targets
• To identify further products and services that will deliver cost savings when procured centrally.

The Qualities we want to see

• Experience within Fresh Produce categories, ideally Fruit, however broader experience may be considered
• Good knowledge of the DTC UK food sector
• Analytical skills with clear focus on end results
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Personal integrity

If you ve read this advert intently and feel you have the appropriate skill set and mind set to be a success in a role such as this, please don t delay; get in contact with Redfox immediately!

Location: Home-based, but regular travel to either their head office in London or their Service Provider in Birmingham

If this sounds of interest and would like to know a little more, please contact Ian Reed at Redfox or apply via this website.

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