Category Manager - Italy

at  CD Foods

C&D Foods are currently recruiting a hardworking and ambitious Category Manager for an exciting opportunity to join our commercial team in Italy. This role will include frequent travel within Italy & Europe, candidates must be willing to travel extensively.
C&D Foods is one of the largest pet food manufacturers in Europe, offering specially-formulated cat and dog food for the private label market. Founded in 1969, and now part of the ABP Food Group, C&D Foods has grown to become one of the industry’s leading pet food producers with eight manufacturing sites across Europe supplying quality products to customers around the world.

• To support the Head of Category Development to drive a better understanding of Market dynamics
• Run Kantar, Nielsen, IRI and Euromonitor reports to review performance of all aspects of Pet food in Southern Europe and understand the main trends
• Support the Head of Category & Brand Development with ’On-tap’ information such as Range analysis & reviews, Pricing/Promotional Analysis, Product Libraries, 3 years development plans, Competition & products analysis
• Meet and present to retail partners on market dymamics and performance within Pet Food
• Use all the available tools to determine the most optimized assortment to each customer in line with C&D Strategy
• Lead the reporting & analysis of the European Pet Food Category, identifying insight that will drive business and customer performance
• Support in the development and delivery of all category led customer meetings
• Upskill the European Commercial Team on Category Insights & Competitive Knowledge