Job Description
Category Development Manager - Grocery
West of London (Hybrid | office-based 3 days)
£55,000 - £60,000 + Bonus + Benefits
We're partnering with a leading FMCG business with a portfolio of well-known consumer brands that hold a strong position across UK grocery retail.
As part of continued investment in their commercial function, they're looking to hire a Category Development Manager to help drive category growth with major retail customers. This is a highly visible role, working at the heart of the commercial team and partnering closely with Sales, Marketing and key customers to deliver category-led growth strategies.
This opportunity would suit an experienced Category Development Executive or Category Manager who enjoys turning shopper and market data into compelling recommendations and wants to play a key role in influencing both internal and external stakeholders.
The Role
Reporting into the Category leadership team, you'll be responsible for developing category strategies, delivering insight-led recommendations and helping customers unlock growth opportunities within their categories.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building strong relationships with major grocery retail customers
- Delivering category reviews, range recommendations and assortment strategies
- Analysing shopper, customer and market data to identify growth opportunities
- Leading promotional analysis and making recommendations to improve performance
- Supporting distribution, ranging and space optimisation initiatives
- Developing compelling insight-led presentations for customers and internal stakeholders
- Partnering closely with Sales and Marketing teams to support commercial plans and new product launches
- Tracking category performance and providing actionable recommendations to drive growth
About You
We're looking for someone with:
- Experience within Category Development, Category Management or Category Strategy in an FMCG environment
- Strong understanding of UK grocery retail
- Experience using data sources such as NielsenIQ, Circana (IRI), Kantar or Dunnhumby
- Strong analytical and commercial skills
- The ability to turn complex data into clear, actionable recommendations
- Excellent presentation and stakeholder management skills
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint capability
- A proactive, commercially minded approach
Apply via the link to be considered.
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