Category Management Client Lead – FTC

dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.

Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail – one of the world’s most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data – dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.

dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Metro.

We’re looking for a Category Management Client Lead who expects more from their career. It’s a chance to become a trusted partner to Tesco, defining and delivering upon the strategic needs of their Space, Range and Merchandising function. It’s an opportunity to work with a market-leading business, make a real impact in driving growth for our clients, and in turn grow the dunnhumby business. 

Joining our Tesco UK Retail team, you’ll work with world class and passionate people, collaborating with data scientists, product managers, capability experts and retail colleagues to deliver merchandising capabilities for Tesco and dunnhumby. You’ll play a key role in transforming Tesco’s planogram processes to be even more customer-focused, automated and led by dunnhumby insight at every stage. You’ll build strong relationships with our Tesco clients to fully understand their needs and align with them on innovative solutions. You’ll support the development of, test, deploy and evaluate our merchandising solutions, and work alongside our ranging capability leads. 

What we expect from you 

• Experience in building strong client relationships and managing stakeholders
• Experience of analysing data to solve challenging problems and deliver business value
• Experience in leading or supporting strategic projects, ideally involving delivery through other teams such as data science and technology
• Ability to distil the complex into simple terms
• Ability to work through ambiguous problems and find pragmatic solutions
• Experience in a retailer, supplier or consultancy, ideally in the FMGC industry
• Experience in working collaboratively with data science and technology teams
• Category management experience, particularly on merchandising is desirable but not essential

What you can expect from us

We won’t just meet your expectations. We’ll defy them. So you’ll enjoy the comprehensive rewards package you’d expect from a leading technology company. But also, a degree of personal flexibility you might not expect. Plus, thoughtful perks, like flexible working hours and your birthday off.

You’ll also benefit from an investment in cutting-edge technology that reflects our global ambition. But with a nimble, small-business feel that gives you the freedom to play, experiment and learn.

And we don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion. We live it every day – with thriving networks including dh Gender Equality Network, dh Proud, dh Family, dh One and dh Thrive as the living proof. We want everyone to have the opportunity to shine and perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please let us know how we can make this process work best for you. For an informal and confidential chat please contact stephanie.winson@dunnhumby.com to discuss how we can meet your needs. 

Our approach to Flexible Working

At dunnhumby, we value and respect difference and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.

We believe that you will do your best at work if you have a work / life balance. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so if this is important to you please raise this with your recruiter, as we are open to discussing agile working opportunities during the hiring process.

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