Trade Category Manager

The GB Foods, S.A.; Milano; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Join a leading company in the Italian food industry as a Trade Category Manager. In this role, you'll drive profitability and growth through strategic category management. Ideal candidates will have 4+ years of experience in Trade Marketing, strong analytical skills, and a proactive approach.

Competenze

• 4+ years of business experience in Trade Marketing and Sales, preferably in FMCG.
• Fluent in English and Italian.

Mansioni

• Define the 360° Commercial Vision & Strategy of the category.
• Support the Sales team in building plans per customer.
• Collaborate with Marketing & Finance for category development.

Conoscenze

Logical skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Teamwork

Proactivity

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Bachelor’s degree in Finance

Descrizione del lavoro

Are you ready to drive sales and market share? Look no further. We are looking for a dynamic and strategic Trade Category Manager to join our team. If you have a passion for data analysis, strategic thinking, and growth maximization, this is the opportunity for you! Join us and help shape the future of our company with your innovative ideas and leadership.

Star, one of the best-known companies in the Italian food scene born with the legendary cube in 1948, is a leader in most of the categories in which it operates with various brands and a broad portfolio of products, ranging from noodles, sauces to teas and infusions.

We are part of the GBFoods group which combines several brands and companies and operates in more than 50 countries, with the purpose of "Celebrating local flavors". This means you will be part of an international organization working with colleagues of different nationalities and experiences, and all the excitement coming from a local approach.

We have the ingredients for your new role

As Trade Category Manager, reporting directly to the Trade Marketing Director, you will be responsible for driving the optimization of some of our product categories to maximize profitability and growth.

A category specialist and an intern will report to the Trade Category Manager.

Your main tasks will be :

• Definition of the 360° Commercial Vision & Strategy of the category, focusing on areas and channels (shelf, assortment, distribution, promo, Perfect Store initiatives).
• Definition of commercial policy of the category in terms of assortment and promotional guidelines and tracking of their effectiveness.
• Point of reference for the S&OP process with a Risk & Opportunities assessment approach to guide short, medium, and long-term growth objectives on its perimeter.
• Structuring periodic reports for tracking sell-in & sell-out data by area, channel, and customers.
• Defining and managing category listing budgets.
• Supporting the Sales team in building the plan per customer and developing Category Management projects.
• Supporting the Perfect Store team in identifying point of sale execution opportunities by channel / customer.
• Collaboration with other functions, in particular Marketing & Finance, for category development.

Write the recipe for your growth in STAR

Requirements

• 4+ years of business experience in Trade Marketing and Sales, preferably spent in an FMCG company.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, or any other relevant field.
• High level of logical and analytical skills, with an ability to distill information and uncover insights from a variety of sources.

And you are…

• A strong communicator, with great empathy;
• A Team Player with great drive;
• Eager for a new challenge;
• Proactive;
• Fluent in English and Italian.

Taste your future as a STAR by applying for this role!

The culture at STAR and GBfoods respects and values diversity. For this reason, the entire applications, selection processes, training, and professional development are opportunities open to all people without any type of discrimination.

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