Category Manager - Dairy
Job No:
P775
Location:
Scoresby, VIC
- Multi-national, market leading FMCG organisation
- Challenging & rewarding opportunity
About Parmalat
Parmalat is a global provider of world class dairy and other food products, with more than 36,000 employees in 18 countries around the world. Parmalat forms part of the family owned and operated Lactalis Group.
Parmalat Australia benefits from the multi-national scale and ambition of its parent company, without sacrificing any of the proud local heritage and traditions that began with the original Pauls milk business since 1932.
At the heart of business locally, we have over 2500 passionate employees, working closely and constructively with some 500 Australian farmers to produce the finest dairy goods in the country.
About the Opportunity
Parmalat has an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of the Customer Marketing team. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Category Manager for Fresh Dairy, located in our Melbourne office in Scoresby. You will drive and embed our category strategy to engage internal stakeholders and retail partners, in order to ultimately deliver growth across all of categories that we currently operate within. The category includes yoghurts, desserts, creams and custards.
The successful applicant needs to be able to effectively manage a cross functional team, collaborating with marketing, sales and other key functions within the business. The person needs excellent analytical and communication skills, with a strong understanding of Category Management.
Some of the key projects within this role are:
- Review & implement Category Growth drivers
- Support the delivery of and embed the learnings of the U&A and desserts research
- Renewal of segmentation for selective categories both internally and those of our customers
- Collaboration with Marketing on planning for 2018
- Supporting the development and tracking of NPD launches
- Working cross functionally on range reviews with retailers
- Presentation of category plans to retailers
- Management of activation plans and budgets
- Running monthly category meetings and respective reporting
- Exploring and highlighting category trends, gaps and opportunities for Parmalat and our customers to promote ongoing sustainable growth
- Ensuring the long term viability of the category and being the voice of the shopper internally and externally
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated and who wants to make a big difference to both Parmalat and the wider category as a whole. The successful candidates need to be:
- Degree qualified, with strong financial and commercial acumen
- Demonstrated knowledge of FMCG sales and trends, Nielsen/Aztec data analysis and SAP will be highly regarded.
- Category product knowledge and a minimum of 5+ year’s commercial experience in a customer facing Category, Senior Account or Shopper Insights management role within the FMCG sector
If you are interested in being part of the Parmalat Customer Marketing team now is your chance.
Applications close Monday 26th June 2017
We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for applying for this position, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If this isn’t your time to work with us we wish you all the best in your career search and welcome you to apply for positions with Parmalat Australia in the future.
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