Category Manager

2 weken geleden

Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Westfalia Fruit Voltijd
Job Title: Category Manager - European Market Expert

Job Summary: We are seeking a skilled Category Manager to lead our European market efforts and drive category growth for our avocado and value-added product lines.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute a category vision for the European market, aligning with Westfalia Fruit's growth plans.
- Lead the development of short and long-term category agendas, ensuring execution with customers.
- Translate category insights into actionable recommendations for customers, driving category growth through assortment optimization, shelving strategies, and promotional effectiveness.
- Present category strategies and business reviews to customers, demonstrating growth possibilities for both the category and Westfalia products.
- Work closely with internal teams to ensure alignment of category initiatives with overall business objectives.
- Lead the category development agenda for innovation projects, working with cross-functional teams to introduce new products and improve category offerings.
- Set the agenda for category growth, ensuring flawless execution of category projects in collaboration with sales and commercial teams.
- Develop customer-specific planograms and assortment strategies, working closely with space management teams.

Requirements:

- Strong background in category management or a related function.
- Prior experience working within the fresh produce industry, responsible for fruit or vegetables, or dry grocery items.
- Proficiency in English and at least one other European language (Dutch, French, or German), with a willingness to achieve proficiency in the other languages.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with an in-depth understanding of shopper insights, customer knowledge, and category drivers.
- Proven leadership abilities, with experience managing multi-functional projects and influencing stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with strong customer-facing experience.
- Expertise in using MS Office, Nielsen, and customer portals for data analysis and insight generation.

Desirable:

- Bachelor's degree in applied economics, Marketing, or related fields; advanced degree preferred.
- Experience working across multiple European markets, understanding regional market dynamics.
- Prior industry experience within the fresh fruit and vegetable sector.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging with senior management in both internal and customer-facing capacities.
- Ability to manage large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects, demonstrating creativity and flexibility in problem-solving.

Benefits:

- 26 days vacation, plus national holidays
- Competitive salary
- Company pension scheme
- Company phone & laptop

Equal Opportunities Employer: Westfalia Fruit is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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