Category Manager

The Maffia and a large FMCG player (food) are looking for a category manager (payroll).

• Location: Home office & Brussels
• Startdate: asap
• Enddate: indefinitely
• Availability: Full time 
• Languages: Perfectly bilingual French and Dutch (professional level English)
• Experience: 3 to 4 years of experience in a similar function within a commercial entity is an asset

Jobscope:
Recommend and implement the marketing resources, as well as the categorical and merchandising strategy of its brand
(s), with a view to developing the product range share, the shelf share and sales within the framework of the Marketing
policy and strategy of the subsidiary.

• Translate and recommend / implement the Marketing strategy into an operational business plan on the different levers (Product, Price, Place, Promo)
• Develop market analyzes on a recurring basis + recommendations on the different levers (Product, Place, Price, Promo)
• Improve the client-supplier partnership
• Transmit the commercial strategy of our customers in input Marketing
• Detect shopper insights and translate them into internal / external recommendations
• Management of central / point-of-sale oriented professional communication (B2B)
• Management and optimization of the budget made available
• Make the connection between sales and marketing
• Optimize output / teamwork Marketing team + output / teamwork between subsidiary services
• Important role in “out of box thinking”, challenge the status quo, bring creativity through the various services,
• support the management team

Collaboration:
Internally main contacts points:

• This position reports to the Catman & Activation Manager and has a direct report (Jr Category Manager)
• Other team members within the BNL team: Marketing & Sales (Brand Management & Key Account Management)

Externally:

• Customer
• External professional suppliers

Key requirements:

• Hold a Master’s degree (Marketing or Sales Specialization)
• 3 to 4 years of experience in a similar function within a commercial entity is an asset
• Perfectly bilingual French and Dutch (professional level English)
• Go-getter, creative & autonomous
• Experience with one of these tools is a plus: Nielsen, Spaceman or GFK
• Solution oriented, pro-active & Positive Team Player
• Good priority management
• Rigorous, analytical, spirit of synthesis

Interested?
Mail simon@themaffia.be