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Category & Trading Assistant

Job Posted: 4 hours ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

THE COMPANY

Ramsden International are an award-winning British Grocery Export Business, proud to supply 24,000+ products to more than 650 customers in 133 countries worldwide.

HYBRID WORKING POLICY (39 hours per week)

  * Monday and Friday working from home.

  * Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday working from the Head Office in Grimsby.

ROLE OVERVIEW

The primary aim of the Category & Trading Assistant role is to support the category management function and management of our relationships with two major retail partners reporting to the Category & Trading Manager.

You will work closely with the Category & Trading Manager to support the international sales team and our retail partners with category insight, whilst also driving growth for our private label brands globally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  * Work with the category & trading manager to support the category and retailer own brand business

  * Provide customer facing category insight in collaboration with the sales team

  * Support the development of annual budgets

  * Support the delivery of the annual budgets through cross-functional working internally and with external retail partners

  * Support the delivery of partner category strategies

  * Through collaborative cross-functional working and utilising external resources (including Mintel, IGD, Trade Magazines, Suppliers), provide category performance updates to help influence customer purchasing decisions by the Sales team

  * Monitor all range and pricing amendments and provide context for this internally

  * Develop and communicate an annual brand support plan

  * Monitor and communicate range changes internally

  * Select relevant NPD for featuring in New Lines communications to customers and the wider business

  * Work closely with the Product Data and Compliance Teams to ensure all product data and other relevant information is current and available when suggesting products in territory

  * Select appropriate product substitutions for discontinued lines where not offered by suppliers.

SKILLS REQUIRED

  * Experience of category management or commercial/customer relationship management

  * A person who can work in a fast-paced export team environment

  * Ability to identify areas of change, recommend future actions and manage implementation

  * Project management skills with an ability to see things through to completion

  * A strong commitment to align the business operations with the needs of customers

  * A positive, can-do approach, one that wants to test new things, develop creative and innovative solutions and seeks continual improvement

  * Ability to balance the needs of commercial performance with the ethos of the business

  * Not afraid to be hands on, collaborative and support across the business

  * Decisive individual with ability to work independently

  * Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the business and with customers and suppliers.

  * Good IT skills (Excel, PowerPoint experience required)

  * Strong numeracy skills ranging from interpretation of data to management accounts and budgeting.

  * Ability to source and review the latest Category Insights available and develop them for other functions to use to drive performance.

Ramsden International are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams, drives innovation, and helps us better serve our customers and communities

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