Overview
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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
Qualifications
- 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.
Benefits & Perks
Leave
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Buy back up to 3 days each year.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
- Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
- 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
- Access bespoke development programmes designed and developed by our in‑house L&D team.
- Develop your expertise through our upskilling programme in partnership with an industry‑leading training provider.
- 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.
- Referral bonus of up to £1000 when a referred candidate passes probation.
- Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.
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.
