Senior Category Manager

Senior Category Manager

Full time

Onsite, Lincoln

£50,000 – £55,000

Benefits

• 4.5 working week, finishing at 12:30pm on a Friday
• Car allowance
• 25 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays
• Company bonus scheme
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Private Health Insurance
• Life Assurance & critical illness cover
• Onsite Parking
• Discounts platform
• Long service celebrations
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free fruit & potatoes
• Electric salary sacrifice car scheme
• Flu vaccines
• Refer a friend scheme

The company

From our sites in Lincoln, Scotland and the South West, we supply some of the largest retail, wholesale and food manufacturing customers in the UK.

Our expertise goes much further than just supply and demand. We offer our customers real innovation, whether developing new potato varieties, packaging solutions or cutting-edge processes. And it’s not just fresh potatoes. We\’re also continually developing our great range of innovative, ready-to-cook prepared vegetables.

At Branston we thrive to be the best, through our values and invest in our people. This is a fast-paced environment and we are looking for someone who is adaptable in their approach.

Are you looking for a new role where you can develop your career?

You will be our expert category manager, creating consumer and category insights to deliver commercial solutions. Developing customer relationships and being the key link between internal and external relationships.

You will also manage, motivate and support the development of the category team.

What you will be doing:

• Develop Branston categories through qualitative and quantitative research, insight & trends
• Develop strong category relationships both internally and externally
• Strategic reviews of major trends and opportunities
• Drive short and long term actionable consumer and category insights to deliver commercial solutions
• Create and implement yearly trade marketing plans for our categories
• Review and deliver categories, recommendations and new product launches
• Using Dunnhumby to gain insights on shoppers, formats, tiers to assist with decision making process
• Create monthly action plans addressing needs of the category
• Support the Sales & Marketing team in Brand development

What we want from you:

Essential

• FMCG or retail background with a passion for food
• Brand experience
• Own label category manager
• Ability to build good working relationships at all levels
• Understanding and skill in Dunnhumby, Nielsen, Kantar, IRI systems
• Ability to interpret data and create insights and recommendations
• Proficient IT skills (Ms PowerPoint, Excel, Word etc, presentation writing)
• Able to lead meetings and co-ordinate cross-functional working
• Can demonstrate creative flair

Desirable

• Business degree or relevant qualification

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