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Starting A Career In The FMCG Area

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 brief article looks at the types of roles you may expect to see at various stages during your career within the FMCG industry. Once you begin your career in FMCG you will see exactly hoe many different avenues there are that are open to you.

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.

At manager level you will probably work in another couple of roles which cover different areas in order to build up your experience in people management. Roles that are typical of this career stage are brand managers, purchasing managers, HR advisors and key accounts managers.

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

When you reach senior director level you will naturally possess a wealth of knowledge and experience within the fast moving consumer goods industry. You will be required to take the initiative at this stage and feel comfortable making important decisions as well as having lots of experience within different markets. You will work in roles such as a senior vice president, regional director or global sales director.




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