Our Client are a are a leading ambient and chilled desert business based in Manchester.  They are currently looking for a dedicated Category Manager to deliver expertise & growth for the business.

Reporting to the Head of Category & working closely with both the NPD & Commercial teams, the Category Manager will be required to be office based for 2 to 3 days per week.

The Role

• Manage key accounts with regular client meetings to drive category growth.
• Build and sustain relationships with key retail contacts across multiple channels.
• Use insight to deliver regular, actionable internal category reviews.
• Analytical support in the development of internal and customer-based category plans
• Work closely with Sales & Product Development teams to provide regular insights and trend updates.
• Use a variety of customer research tools to evaluate commercial and development ideas with consumers.
• Support development through product benchmarking sessions.
• Regular visits to stores to asses’ customers fixtures and ranging, feeding back any recommendations around price, promotion, and positioning.
• Champion the business as an authoritative voice within the categories supplied.
• Be the voice of the consumer throughout the whole development process.

Qualifications & Experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent.
• Previous Category Management experience (ideally within Private Label FMCG (Food))
• Previous customer facing experience & a history of relationship building.
• A natural passion for food and product trends, inquisitive about customer behaviour and strong presentation skills.
• Previous experience of using Kantar / Neilsen & EPOS data is necessary.
• Experience of using multiple data points to build insightful and compelling stories to rationalise a variety of key business decisions.

To find out more about this fantastic opportunity, please get in touch or apply with your CV today.