CATEGORY INSIGHT EXECUTIVE – MARS - FMCG

OUTSTANDING CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY

Competitive basic, bonus and benefits

Based Gloucestershire with hybrid working

THE COMPANY

The SHS Group is a highly successful and respected £650m FMCG manufacturer, brand owner and major brand distributor across a number of core food, drink, healthcare and household product categories selling through all major UK trade channels with all major retail and wholesale national and regional accounts. The business is privately owned and over the last half century has built its pre-eminent position as the UK’s leading brand distributor through its focus on working strategically with long standing brand leading business partners, growing brands in targeted trade channels and providing a highly professional, trusted and talented cross functional teams all focused on delivering profitable sales growth. We have built our culture by recruiting & developing talented individuals with skills, experience, future potential and most importantly, providing the freedom and trust to go about their duties knowing that they have the support and senior leadership to help them deliver commercial results and achieve their future career ambitions.

THE JOB

This is a highly exciting new position and investment in the Mars Drinks and Treats business unit as an additional category resource focused on the continued development of the Mars brand across all major retail and wholesale trade channels and major customers. You will analyse insight data to grow the Mars brands, shaping internal and external reports as well as working extensively with the Brand Owner and National Account team to build tailor-made and exciting category stories focused on specific business development objectives. Furthermore, you will develop your experience and support the NAMs at customer meetings with buyers by presenting your category ‘stories’ all focused on helping to build the Mars brand and developing profitable sales growth. So……. a real center stage opportunity to play an effective role where you can really demonstrate your capabilities to make a difference and further grow your category skills and experience. The role reports to the Head of Category & Insight and requires 3 days per week at the modern and spacious SHS Gloucester based head office.

ABOUT YOU

You are a graduate calibre individual who has shaped your early career in FMCG category management or consumer insights where you have gained a sound understanding of interpreting complex data into reports and or presentations aligned to business objectives. You love seeing trends and ‘angles’ from data and have a natural ability of seeing, building and presenting fact-based stories. Currently working with an FMCG manufacturer as a category or insight executive or at one of the leading insight agencies in a client facing role and now looking to move your career into a brand owner category role where you can take the lead in presenting your ‘stories’ directly to retail and wholesale accounts. Either way, if you are motivated by the above opportunity and ready to make a difference, then we would love to hear from you and come tell us about your insight lead category story successes.

Closing date for applications 8th August 2026.