Senior Category Insights Manager

The Company With over 60 years’ experience supplying the major UK supermarkets with products British shoppers love, LDH is recognised as the leading Own Label supplier of a wide range of ambient foods, sourced from every corner of the world. Our world-class reputation for sourcing packaged grocery products from all over the world is underpinned by our expertise and experience in selecting the right products, at the right quality and at truly competitive prices. Supplying multi-million-pound categories, you will be responsible for all insight coming in and out of the business with the aim of developing the category partnerships within multiple grocery accounts. Main Responsibilities Develop actionable insights from a variety of data sources, to build category value driving plans with customers Build and maintain collaborative relationships across customers, becoming the category expert and therefore the go to partner for category insight, initiatives and range reviews Ongoing tracking of category and customer performance using market data (e.g. Kantar), loyalty data (e.g., Dunnhumby) and the competitive landscape (e.g., store audits) With the aim of identifying growth opportunities and developing key recommendations for our customers, supplies and LDH Use of insights from data analysis to influence range and distribution Strengthen relationships and engagement with regular meetings with our customers and suppliers Manage relationships with external insight agencies Manage all insight data that comes into LDH and improve data management systems where necessary Candidate Profile At least 3 years experience in Category Management within the FMCG industry, with good commercial awareness Experience in Own Label food is preferable but not essential Knowledge of retailers, notably Tesco, Asda and Waitrose are favourable Comfortable working across a number of categories and customers, with previous customer facing experience essential Proficient in using a variety of data analytical tools, ideally experience with Kantar, Tesco Dunnhumby, Waitrose Dunnhumby, Asda Quantium and retailer EPOS Working knowledge of merchandising principles Advanced Microsoft Office skills especially Excel and PowerPoint Able to navigate complexity, meet deadlines and manage multiple projects to a high standard Experience of working within a growth mindset business, highly agile and solution focussed Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills Excellent communication and presentation skills Strong attention to detail Educated to Higher Education level (University degree or other achieved a 2:1 or equivalent) If you would like to be part of a successful Company who values its employees, then please send in your C.V. for consideration.