Category Planning Manager

Category Planning Manager

Full-Time 40000 - 50000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Drive category strategy and performance through innovative reporting and tools.
  • Company: Join Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, a global leader in consumer goods.
  • Benefits: Collaborative culture, growth opportunities, and a chance to make a real impact.
  • Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities to influence and drive change.
  • Why this job: Be part of a team that values fresh ideas and innovation.
  • Qualifications: Strong organisational skills and a passion for category growth.

The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.

Join a business built on trusted brands, great people and teamwork, where care and fresh ideas help keep things moving.

Here, your contribution helps serve our customers, support our operations and enable our teams to do their best work.

You'll be encouraged to bring your strengths, supported to grow, and welcomed into a team where we make a meaningful difference together.

Reporting to the Category Strategy Senior Manager, the focus of this role is driving category strategy and performance through advanced reporting, tools, and process innovation, particularly within the ABP framework.

Responsibilities

  • ABP process: lead the "always on" tracking of distribution and space by developing reporting tools and identifying opportunities across customers to shape the strategic direction with Senior Category managers.
  • Category
  • Range
  • Review

Automation: manage the relationship with DC Activ, continue the journey of implementing Impact XP and further tool developments, including process, training and team support; influence future tools functionalities and implement testing; lead the tools and technology capability training roadmap for the team and wider CD functions.

  • Support maintaining a consistent toolkit of strategic category resources: Category Forecasts (Environment, Sector, IC/FC) and Merchandising Principles.
  • Support Category Strategic Projects, e. g., Aisle of the Future Experience, managing projects and driving change.
  • Build team capability through training and ensure consistency across category resources.

Qualifications & Not Mandatory Mandatory

  • Strong organizational, networking and influencing skills.
  • Experience or exposure to working in an agile environment.
  • Quick to learn new systems & software.
  • Demonstrate passion, proactive ownership and resilience for growing the category.
  • Ability to influence and take people on the journey.
  • Previous FMCG Category Management experience desirable but not essential.
  • Behaviours

Drive for innovation, change, agile, curious mindset, resilience, determination, and drive are key.

About Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners

We are CCEP – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.

As a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies, we help our 2.1 million customers grow, constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc

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We think you need these skills to ace Category Planning Manager

Category Strategy Development
Advanced Reporting
Process Innovation
Relationship Management
Tool Development
Training and Development
Project Management