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Marketing Manager

FMCG

Manchester

Permanent

Updated May 19, 2008

Continental Fine Foods, a fast growing own label FMCG company currently has an opportunity for a customer facing Marketing Manager working on their key ASDA account, marketing premium chilled products such as continental meats and filled pasta.

Developing and implementing consumer focused marketing strategies as well as managing existing product portfolios which stretch across a number of different categories.

You will be responsible for driving the profitable growth of a £multi-million multiple account portfolio through category and consumer understanding. You will liaise with the commercial and NPD teams to ensure category plans are implemented to agreed schedules. With experience of data analysis and manipulation, you will have strong interpersonal and influencing skills and have previous category management experience within a food category.

You will use your analytical skills to interpret consumer and market trends and turn those into insights and recommendations on the category. This is a heavily customer facing role and requires someone with the charisma to develop relationships and influence customer on key business decisions. Successful applicants will have experience in Category or Customer marketing from a consumer products or retail environment.

Some of the prime responsibilities will include managing new product launch procedures in line with the company's NPD plans overall strategy plans. This person will also be responsible for managing the relationship and projects with key external stakeholders such as advertising, market research and internet solution agencies and will coordinate packaging requirements and sales promotion incentives.

Who we're looking for
• A highly motivated, confident and proactive Marketer with broad commercial skills.
• Exceptional communication skills; able to present internally and to key clients.
• The ability to analyse and interpret TNS data and present compelling arguments.

The successful Candidate will be based in the North West.

About our client
Continental Fine Foods is a fast growing division of Cranswick plc bringing together the finest Deli ingredients from across the globe and supplying them to the major multiples. They have recently expanded to a second state of the art facility on Trafford Park in Manchester and are now realising their ambitions.

What's on offer
£Attractive+ Car + Benefits

Michael Page Contact
For further info, apply or phone on +44 (0) 161 819 5500. Job Ref: 12968251
Your application will be sent to Brian Johnson.