Overview
Category Manager (12 month FTC) – Leeds, Greencore
Join Greencore, a leading UK manufacturer of convenience food. We are a vibrant, fast-paced business employing thousands across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots. Our purpose is to make everyday taste better and we operate a large direct-to-store distribution network to deliver daily food products to UK retailers.
We are excited to offer an excellent fixed-term opportunity to oversee customers within the Convenience and Out of Home arena.
What you’ll be doing
* Build, analyse and interpret category reports to generate actionable insight which will improve business and customer category performance
* Utilise category insight from multiple data sources (internal data, retailer data, continuous data providers and broader market intelligence) to create strategies and plans using the appropriate marketing mix to respond to current category performance
* Present category recommendations to category peers within the customer organisation to influence their decision-making to adopt the strategies and plans
* Follow the customer’s category marketing process to ensure plans are assessed, approved and implemented
* Manage the ongoing category relationship with the customer as a single point of contact to ensure consistent communication
* Collaborate with the commercial team to feed in category plans for joined-up and meaningful customer plans
* Build extensive networks across merchandising, supply chain, marketing, store operations etc. to speed decision-making and action implementation
* Input into the process from insight to opportunity identification through to developing shopper-led selling stories
What we’re looking for
* Understanding of the retail and/or coffee shop environment
* Understanding of the principles and tools of category management
* Strong data manipulation and Excel skills with attention to detail; able to identify data changes and explain why
* Ability to prepare and deliver effective, action-led presentations
* Previous customer-facing experience
* Previous category management or category analyst experience
What you’ll get in return
* Competitive salary and job-related benefits
* Holidays
* Pension matching up to 8%
* Company share save scheme
* Greencore Qualifications
* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
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