Inside Track is our masterclass series designed to give you an in-depth look at the key skills needed to progress in different functions across the meat and food industry.
From commercial and operations to technical and marketing, we’re bringing you real-life insights from industry leaders who’ve been there, done it, and are ready to share what it takes to succeed.
This session is designed for anyone involved in category management. Led by Darren Smith, ex Category Manager at Sainsbury's, this session will help you to:
Who is this session for?
Anyonw who works in or with a Category Management team
CEO, Making Business Matter
Darren has worked in the world of supermarkets and suppliers for over 24 years. His story is one of a game of two halves. For the first 12 years, he worked as a Buyer & Category Manager in one of the big four UK supermarkets buying mainly fresh foods, from cheese to fruit to ready meals.
Seeing the opportunity to enable supermarkets and suppliers to work better together, he founded MBM and has spent the last 14 years working with suppliers on People Development to enable them to get the best from their people with their retail accounts through Sticky Learning ®. His main specialities are Category Management Training, Negotiation Skills and Time Management. The latter particularly because he was once an ‘email inbox junkie’!
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