
As Head of Category / Demand Accelerator Controller you will play a pivotal link between Marketing and Sales as the Go to Market execution lead combining Category Development and Shopper Activation excellence, within the Sales function. You will report directly to the Sales Director and as a key member of the SLT & work cross functionally leading the implementation of the category strategy for JDE UK.
You will lead a team of 9 accountable for the development and amplify the execution of our Brands at the point of purchase through Perfect Store initiatives, increased visibility and first class through-the-line execution aligned to our strategies in close collaboration with our Customers, Partners, Sales and Marketing teams. You will also own the strategic agenda required to create value with an Omni-channel approach. You will be responsible for establishing and sustaining strong, collaborative external relationships with senior stakeholders, to ensure JDE are seen as category and activation experts to our key retail partners.
Category Development
Shopper Marketing
Team Leadership
Education
Graduate calibre
Experience
This role would suit a graduate with extensive experience predominately gained in Category Development, Buying or Account Management or within a Data Agency role in FMCG:
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For more than 265 years, JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS (JDE) is inspired by its belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We are fuelled by our purpose of creating coffee to make amazing moments happen, to become the most chosen coffee in the UK. Today, our coffee & tea portfolio is available in more than 100 developed and emerging markets, through a portfolio of over 50 brands that collectively cover the entire category landscape led by leading household names such as L’OR, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, Old Town, Super, Pickwick and Moccona.
JDE is part of JDE Peet’s, the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company, headquartered in The Netherlands.
What’s it like to work at JDE?
We are proud of our passionate, driven associates that challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious – JDE: A coffee & tea for every cup.