Category Manager 12 month FTC

We have an amazing opportunity for a Category Manager Maternity cover (12 month FTC)

Join a sector leading brand who are a global manufacturer within the Food & Beverage sector. They are a market innovator, who offer a progressive and rewarding opportunity. So if you\’re looking for a new challenge in a growing company with fantastic benefits and culture to match – then please apply!

What\’s in it for you

• Private Medical
• Hybrid Working
• Private Dental
• Enhanced Pension
• Life Assurance
• 25 days holiday with the option to buy more!
• Well-being Events
• High-Street Discounts

Key Responsibilities

• Foster strong relationships with both internal and external customer teams to better understand their needs, motivations, and goals, helping to align business objectives.
• Play a key role in the range planning process, ensuring alignment with broader business strategies.
• Build and maintain relationships with other grocery retailer teams, both internally and externally, to gain insights into their needs, motivations, and business goals.
• Take the lead in shaping, developing, and implementing The Company’s Category Vision within the organization, promoting a \’Category-First\’ approach across teams.
• Empower our commercial teams to access and utilize ad-hoc data, encouraging a broader perspective on success beyond The Company.
• Ensure that qualitative insights from our (Friends) research go beyond the brand, complemented by continuous quantitative data sources for a comprehensive view.
• Provide ad-hoc support for NPD projects, focusing on ROS, Distribution, and Category insights.

Experience Required

• To embrace, embody, and exude all that is special and unique about The Company.
• Ideally if you have experience using the following Nielsen Answers, IRI Plussuite, i2C, Kantar, Space Planning
• Experience of building relationships with the top four supermarkets.
• An understanding of Category Fundamentals vs Management vs Leadership.
• Proactive ‘do-er’, keen to be involved in the success of the team.
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.
• Relationship-building skills – getting the best out of others to achieve the plan.
• The ability to influence others through your flexible style.
• Great communication skills.
• A results-focused mindset with the ability to “never give up” and find solutions to challenges.
• Experience in online retailing.
• Passionate about systems with the ability to utilize technology for continuous improvement.
• Passion for the brand and what The Company stands for – improving lives through healthy relationships with food.