Senior Category Manager

Want to join one of the UK’s best-loved savoury snack brands? Then it’s your lucky day…

About the Role:

As a Senior Category Manager, your main goal is to strengthen the collaboration with key grocery customers. You'll be responsible for managing internal processes related to customer insights and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a strong partnership by offering effective category solutions that drive growth for both parties.
• Take charge of internal category processes, including reporting and analysis to support sales objectives and business cycles.
• Build relationships across different levels and departments, using category insights to influence decisions and drive positive changes in-store.
• Lead range reviews and planogram proposals to optimise product assortment and maximise our market share.
• Utilise data to extract meaningful insights and manage relationships with external agencies for relevant information.
• Tailor category growth plans to align with clients’ priorities and enhance our monthly scorecards to track performance.
• Report on availability performance and collaborate with the sales team on post-review strategies.
• Support annual brand planning activities by aligning customer priorities and creating compelling proposals.
• Lead the setting of targets for physical availability in 2025, coordinating with the sales team on distribution strategies.

About You:

• Proven success in providing valuable insights and recommendations to customers.
• Ability to persuade customers to implement changes in-store that drive category growth.
• Skill in simplifying complex data into clear and engaging narratives.
• Team player mentality, eager to collaborate within a dynamic category team and foster relationships across different departments such as Sales, Marketing, and Central Sales.
• Strong capability to influence important decision-makers.

If the role and responsibilities sound like a good fit for you, then I'd love to speak to you!

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