Starting A Career In The FMCG Area

By Louise Adams


Working in the fast moving consumer goods industry is bound to be fast paced as well as very challenging and rewarding. The industry tends to be quick moving and people can expect to move up the career ladder fairly fast.

This article examines what you might expect to experience at each stage in your career.

As an entry level professional you should expect to take on at least two roles during this period such as a sales rep, assistant brand manager, HR advisor or manufacturing supervisor.

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.

The next level to reach is director level. You will need to possess as impressive track record within your region before you reach director level. Good people management skills are essential as is a range of international experience. Typical roles at this point include global brand marketing manager, plant manager, product directors and financial controllers.

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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