Senior Category Manager - Thg Nutrition in Manchester

About THG Nutrition

THG Nutrition is home to some of the world's most trusted and best-loved wellbeing and nutrition brands, including Myprotein, the world's largest online sports nutrition brand, alongside Myvegan, Myvitamins and MP Activewear. Our brands and people exist to break boundaries - to power and empower those who want more. We move fast, challenge convention, and back ourselves to win. These values shape how we work every day.

Role: Senior Category Manager / Category Lead - Offline Retail (B2B)

Reporting to: B2B Sales Director

Location: THG HQ (WA15 0AF)

This is a high-impact role at the heart of THG Nutrition's offline retail growth ambitions. As Senior Category Manager, you'll own and shape the category strategy for offline retail channels, translating deep consumer and market insight into compelling ranges that win in-store. You’ll operate with significant autonomy, owning commercial decisions end-to-end - from range architecture and pricing through to performance optimisation and long-term category planning. Working cross-functionally with Trading, Sales, Marketing, Product, Supply Chain and Finance, you’ll play a critical role in scaling Myprotein and our wider brand portfolio across wholesale, retail and physical distribution partners. If you’re commercially driven, data-led, and excited by building categories that perform in the real world, this role offers genuine scope, visibility and progression.

As a Senior Category Manager - B2B, you’ll:

• Own the offline retail category strategy for a defined product portfolio, driving sustainable growth in revenue, margin and distribution.
• Develop and deliver category plans aligned to wider THG Nutrition and brand commercial objectives.
• Lead range architecture, assortment optimisation, pricing and promotional strategy for offline retail channels.
• Analyse category and customer performance, translating data into clear insights and actionable recommendations.
• Identify white space opportunities, range gaps and innovation priorities to fuel future growth.
• Partner closely with Sales and Retail partners to ensure ranges are compelling, competitive and commercially optimised.
• Collaborate with Product, Innovation and Supply Chain teams to bring new products to market successfully and with the consumer at the heart of decisions.
• Own forecasting inputs and support demand planning to ensure availability and optimal stock levels.
• Present category performance, insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders with confidence and clarity.
• Continuously track market, competitor and consumer trends to keep categories ahead of the curve.
• Shape the long-term category vision and strategy to meet the growing consumer demand for health and sports nutrition categories.

What skills and experience do I need for this role?

• Proven experience in category management, commercial analysis or buying within FMCG, nutrition, health or consumer goods (offline retail experience essential).
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to own and influence category-level decisions.
• Highly analytical, comfortable working with large datasets and translating insight into action.
• Strong leadership skills and team management experience. This role will require managing a current team and building out to meet our growth ambitions.

What’s in it for me?

Career Development

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
• Develop your expertise through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State-of-the-art on-site gym.
• Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On-site staff shop.
• Access to on-site barber.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1,000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive, and strongly encourage all candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply. Please email talent@thg.com if you require any additional support or need to make any adjustments to our recruitment process. You don't need to disclose your disability or condition, you just need to let us know what support you need or changes you need to make. If you're not sure, we can work with you to explore the available options. THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability. THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.