Senior Category Insights Manager (5 Months FTC)

Senior Category Insights Manager (5 Months FTC)

Location: Chichester, West Sussex

Due to the rapid growth at Natures Way Foods, we have a newly created opportunity for a Senior Category Insights Manager with strong working experience within a Category & insights role. Our preferred candidate would ideally have experience working on “Own Label” products or within an FMCG environment. This is a 5 months Fixed Term Contract and we are looking for an immediate start!

Your role: Grow Natures Way Foods and our customer sales, profit, and share by implementing strategic initiatives based on Financial, Category, and Consumer Insight.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the category lead for strategic customer partner driving our relationships forward while remaining the custodian of the consumer.
• Cultivate strong customer relationships, acting as the “go to” contact to provide accurate and consistent category advice.
• Showcase NWF as the expert supplier in our categories.
• Provide a full category management service for accountable customers.
• Proactively identify range gaps and/or untapped needs to create strong category propositions.
• Engage, align, and galvanise the Sales and Development teams to help deliver the category recommendations.
• Identify and build strong ranges and selling stories to land recommendations with customers creating a win/win position for NWF, Customer, and Consumer.
• Own the cadence and socialisation of insight throughout the business.
• Support the Category Controller in crafting and delivering the Category Visions, Category Standards, Annual Schedule, Research Plans, and upskilling the wider business.

What we need from you:

• Strong experience of working within Category Management.
• Ability to analyse data to deliver true insight that drives recommendations and action.
• Demonstrable success in implementing category initiatives with retailers.
• Desirable: proficient in the use of IRI, Kantar, Dunnhumby, Nectar.
• Essential: proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (particularly PowerPoint & Excel).

Company Overview: Natures Way Foods began in 1994, when the Langmead brothers set up a small, bagged salad operation. Since then, we’ve grown by expanding our customer base and moving into new fresh, convenient categories and product areas. Our culture is inclusive, and our people are diverse spanning 29 different languages. We operate four manufacturing facilities capable of producing over 326m units per year. It is an exciting time to join Natures Way Foods as we are expanding our production lines and there is genuine opportunity to develop your skills and progress within the organisation.

What type of people succeed here? We look for passionate people, with a can-do attitude and an ambition to succeed. We strive to help our people channel that passion into everything they do, because your success is our success! We love people who have high standards & lots of ideas, because we are always striving to improve, and we want you to help us do that.

Apply now & join our family!

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level

Employment Type: Contract

Job Function: Product Management, Marketing, and Management

Industries: Food Production, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Manufacturing

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