Are you a commercially minded Category Manager with a real passion for food, shopper behaviour, and driving growth within dynamic retail environments?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a market-leading food manufacturer supplying innovative products into major UK retailers.

Role Overview

As Category Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping category strategy and championing consumer insight to deliver growth. You’ll build strong relationships with key retail partners, influence decision making through data-driven storytelling, and work closely with internal teams to turn insights into winning product and promotional plans.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing key retail accounts with regular client meetings to drive category growth.

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with retail contacts across multiple channels.

• Delivering regular, actionable internal category reviews using data and insight.

• Providing analytical support in the creation of internal and customer category plans.

• Collaborating with Sales and Product Development teams to share insight and trend updates.

• Evaluating commercial and NPD ideas using shopper research and data tools.

• Supporting product benchmarking and development sessions.

• Conducting regular store visits to assess fixtures, ranges, and promotional activity, feeding back actionable recommendations.

• Acting as the consumer’s voice in all development activity and championing the business as a category authority.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is curious, analytical, and commercially astute, with a genuine interest in food and consumer trends.

You’ll bring strong communication skills and a track record of turning insight into action.

Key skills, experience & qualificatons

• A degree (or equivalent) and proven experience in Category Management, ideally within FMCG (Food) and Private Label.

• Demonstrable customer-facing experience with strong relationship-building skills.

• Proficiency with retail data sources such as Kantar, Nielsen, and EPOS.

• Experience combining multiple data points to build compelling category stories and influence key stakeholders.

• Excellent presentation and analytical skills, with the ability to spot trends and opportunities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive Category Manager looking to make a real impact in a growing, insight-led food business with a supportive and collaborative culture.

For more information please get in touch for a confidential chat or apply with your CV today.