Sunday, November 11, 2012

How To Succeed In The FMCG Industry

By Louise Adams


The fast moving consumer goods sector is a great industry to choose to work in if you want to move up the career ladder quickly. Movement from an entry role position to a more senior role can happen quicker than in some other industries.

This guide to working in the FMCG sector aims to discuss your options at each stage in your career.

As an entry level employee you may expect to work in two different roles before moving onto the next stage, roles such as sales rep, assistant brand manager, manufacturing manager and HR advisor are likely to be open to you.

After a couple of years you may expect to reach manager level, here you will probably work in a couple of different roles before moving on. You will need to build up experience within managing people as well as your knowledge on the industry.

When you are at middle management level you will want to gain a lot of experience within different roles and you should hopefully come across roles that will give you important international experience. Roles open to you at this level typically include IT managers, senior category managers and business integration managers.

Middle management is generally the next level and in order to reach this level you will need to have experience of a number of different roles including some international experience. Often roles at this point include senior manufacturing, senior category managers, IT managers and business leaders.

When you have worked at director level for a few years you will hopefully progress into a senior director level role. Here you will be expected to make a big impact in the arena

The final stage in your career should be senior executive level, at this level you might expect roles such as senior vice president, global sales, regional director and other vice president roles.




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