Our client is a well known food manufacturer who are currently looking for a Category Manager to be based full time at head office in London.

Category Manager Role:

The Category Management team is viewed as key to the delivery of ambitious growth plans and to developing future growth plans. This role is critical in allowing the company to demonstrate our knowledge and leadership across the chilled desserts and yoghurts categories and to drive the development of progressive & successful partnerships with the retailers.

Category Manager Main Tasks & Responsibilities:

To enhance, progress and leverage our Category relationships with major Grocery customers To work ever more closely & collaboratively as a Category Adviser (or Challenger)

Deliver credible, insight led & actionable recommendations to support the growth of the category, customer & company within

To advise retailers through key decision making periods, effectively influencing range, space and distribution decisions

To ensure that a comprehensive category approach is taken in consideration of both brand and retailer brand

To work in collaboration with Marketing to: Provide the external perspective the business on the consumer, shopper, retailer and competitor landscape for our categories, developing relevant knowledge

Identify key questions & challenges for the category or business

Identifying gaps & opportunities

Support the development of consumer/shopper & category centric NPD & initiatives

Develop compelling sell in stories

To be the voice of the shopper both internally & externally Work with the Head of Category & Senior Category Manager to develop and embed category visions, drivers and strategies both internally & externally

Category Manager Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have the energy and ambition to make a significant contribution to the future success of the business. They will thrive in fast paced, action orientated environments and relish new challenges, managing multiple priorities and working collaboratively with their colleagues to deliver a shared goal.

Category Manager Background:

FMCG background, preferably in UK market

A proven category manager with minimum 3 years experience

Category Manager Skills:

Knowledgeable in category management principles Commercially aware Exceptional communication and influencing skills Ability to make insight simple, actionable & compelling Excellent analytical thinking, attention to detail and interpretation of data Ability to work under pressure whilst being highly organised and efficient Able to manage short term deliverables in parallel to developing long term strategic thinking Able build positive internal & external collaborative working relationships Working knowledge of Circana/Nielsen, Kantar & Dunnhumby Advanced MS Office

Category Manager Individual:

A can do attitude, happy to roll up their sleeves Dynamic and creative with analytical integrity Forward thinking and proactive Has a natural curiosity to look beyond the brief & beyond the data, asking why? Happy to have an opinion, to challenge and to be challenged

Category Manager Company Package:

Market Leader in their products and sector

Salary DoE

Health care single cover

Private Health Insurance 70% of Contractual pay

Company pension 6% employer contribution (Salary exchange)

Childcare vouchers (Salary exchange)

25 days holiday + 8 Bank holidays

Company sick pay 3 months full contractual pay

4 x Death in Service

Mobile Phone

Wellbeing Free eye tests and GBP90 towards glasses, Flu Jabs, Wellbeing tests

Long service recognition and rewards

If you would like to apply for this role, please send an up to date copy of your CV to Kate Evans as soon as possible quoting reference GP263