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Category Management Senior Client Lead
Senior Category Management Consultant – Fixed Term Contract (12 Months)
We’re collaborating with Dunnhumby Ltd to connect them with exceptional professionals for this critical role.
Dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering the world’s most ambitious retailers and brands to place the customer at the heart of all decisions. We combine deep insight, cutting-edge technology, and close collaboration to help our clients grow, innovate, and deliver transformative value.
With nearly 2,500 experts spanning offices across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, we partner with iconic brands like Tesco, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever, and Metro.
We’re seeking a Senior Category Management Consultant who thrives on challenges and is committed to pushing their career boundaries. This 12-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) role offers an opportunity to expand dunnhumby’s Category Management team, work alongside a market-leading business, and explore groundbreaking opportunities with global retailers.
About the Role
Joining our Category Management team, you’ll collaborate with world-class professionals to prioritise customers in crucial Space, Range and Merchandising (SRM) decisions for Tesco. Your work will involve:
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- Partnering closely with Tesco’s stakeholders to identify and execute strategic opportunities.
- Collaborating internally with Applied Data Scientists to deliver high-impact projects.
- Focusing on optimising ranges and planograms across multiple divisions, including Tesco Express, ROI (Republic of Ireland), and Central Europe.
- Shifting from day-to-day range recommendations to a strategic influence role, guiding senior executives on leveraging dunnhumby’s tools and capabilities to unlock value.
Additionally, you will act as a bridging force between Tesco and dunnhumby’s various teams, fostering a deep understanding of market dynamics, and scaling successful strategies to drive broader impact.
What We Expect From You
- Strong experience in leading complex, stakeholder-driven projects that tackle challenging problems.
- Proven proficiency in client relationship management, influencing senior stakeholders, and embedding customer-centric solutions in client decision-making.
- Experience in FMCG, retail, consulting, or supplier-side roles.
- Commercial acumen to uncover mutually beneficial opportunities for both clients and dunnhumby.
- Ability to analyse data critically, distil valuable insights, and present them clearly to stakeholders.
- Experience in Category Management is desirable but not essential.
- Advanced Excel skills are an advantage but not required.
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What You Can Expect From Us
At dunnhumby, we defy, not just meet, expectations. Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Transformative compensation and benefits, akin to what you’d expect from a cutting-edge technology leader.
- Flexibility you’d rarely find anywhere else, including adjustable working hours and a paid birthday off.
- Unparalleled access to pioneering technology, underscoring our global-scaled ambition, alongside the intimacy and creativity of a dynamic start-up.
- A commitment to diversity and inclusion, championed through networks like dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One, dh Enabled, and dh Thrive, empowering every individual’s potential.
- A supportive environment where you can thrive by balancing career and personal life. If flexible working is a priority for you, promptly speak to your recruiter—we will consider agile working opportunities throughout the recruitment process.
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