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Foodstuffs South Island Category Services Team

The Category Services Team work in conjunction with, and support the Promotions teams of the three major retail banner groups and across all grocery, chilled and frozen categories.

The Team

Charyl Watson, Category Services Manager
Angie Fletcher, Category Analyst
Claire Boyd, Category Analyst
Samantha Spooner, Category Analyst

Main responsibilities

ABC Core ranging of all grocery, chilled & frozen categories
On shelf layout of all grocery, chilled & frozen categories
Category reviews of all grocery, chilled & frozen
Data management & planogram approval for major & minor store relays
Category & product trials within stores
Category data representatives for PnS new product meetings
Shared responsibility with NW Promotions team for NW new product introduction across various categories - see separate NW new products communication for category splits

Working in conjunction with our vendors

For the Category Services team, collaboration with our vendors is key to maximizing opportunities within our stores. Knowledge and expertise for both Category Services and vendors can increase significantly when working together on the following:

Regular supplier category reviews & workshops
Updates on market trends within general & specific markets
Supplier company direction & focus
Sharing consumer shopper behaviour research
Sharing general category research
Inclusion in major new product launches affecting category layout
Collaboration & involvement with new concepts & ideas

If you would like to present or share any of the above, please contact Andrea Gent in the first instance.

Please note: Anything presented to the Category Services team should be incremental to any other presentations made to the Foodstuffs South Island Limited business and not instead of.