Category Specialist Food Service at McCain Foods

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading the development of a channel strategy which seeks to exploit incremental sales growth opportunities in existing and new food service environments.
• Implement the trade marketing plans by working with internal and external stakeholders to deliver them in a timely manner and on budget.
• Work closely with brand, sales & distribution partners to ensure alignment and excellent operator execution.
• Conducting pre and post analyses of promotions, developing a library   of performance history, and adjusting business plans based on results to drive improved return on investment in all types of trade spending.
• Analyse opportunities in portfolio and channel / environment performances at area and regional levels, and develop programs to capitalise on the opportunity.
• Applying trade insights (global & local) to develop recommendations for product, pricing, & promotion, by channel / environment.
• Champion accumulation of FS Channel Insights and ensure that learnings are transferred quickly into day-to-day business processes.
• Contribute to effective business planning by helping develop channel / environment and account specific strategies and operator programs which deliver the brand / product segment and channel budget, and managing risks and opportunities.
• Consolidate the operator needs / grid by FS channel / environment for inputs in commercial plans and provide operator perspective in commercial process.

Suitable candidates must possess the following minimum qualifications: and working experience

• 3 Year tertiary qualification – preferably in Marketing or Business Management
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the Category, Trade Marketing environment
• Microsoft Office (Power Point, Excel and Word)
• Strategic category thinker
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong brand marketing foundation
• Customer oriented
• Customer development experience
• Challenges status quo and encourages innovative thinking
• Utilises a broad set of internal and external resources to make informed decisions
• Ability to work under pressure as well as to apply prioritization abilities
• Display leadership ability
• Assertiveness in driving for business understanding and results
• Strong communicator to all levels, experience dealing with senior level professionals
• Strong time management and organisational skills
• FMGC experience
• Valid SA driver’s license