Category Development Manager
Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast-growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure, and people? Then this is the place for you.
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient, and positive because we expect pace and agility. We insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision, a roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivaled opportunities to learn and make an impact.
What will this role achieve?
The role of the pladis Category Management team is to help our retail customers and pladis grow sales of snacking products through the provision of industry-leading shopper, retailer, and market insights. These enable robust decision-making on product ranges, merchandising, business planning, and promotions. Our success has been recognized with a Top 3 ranking in the Impulse Advantage Survey!
Reporting into the Snr Category Manager, this Category Development Manager is accountable for providing category leadership and developing and implementing plans that deliver category growth specifically for Savoury & Seasonal for Tesco, developing a working relationship with Buying teams with a view to becoming the go-to category partner of choice for the optimization of range, distribution, space, location, promotions, and availability of these categories, which will ultimately also help grow pladis’ business in these areas.
What will be your key deliverables?
* CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS: Build an ongoing relationship with the Buyers, as well as the category planning manager, to broaden engagement and become the go-to person for category advice & range reviews/seasonal plans.
* CATEGORY GROWTH PLANS: In conjunction with the Category Controller/Category Manager, build a Category Growth plan for Biscuits that identifies new ways to unlock consumption and purchase for Tesco Savoury & Seasonal categories.
* CATEGORY FUNDAMENTALS: Develop and implement differentiated strategies and tactics for focus categories & customer(s) that improve range, distribution, location, availability, promotions, and space.
* INSIGHTS TO ACTIONS: Interpret all available industry, category, customer, and shopper data turning it into useful insights that are communicated regularly to focus customer(s).
* CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Share the best ways of working on an ongoing basis via relevant team forums.
* BRAND CHAMPION: Set up and ensure delivery of seasonal tracking for Seasonal Biscuits.
Bring your experience.
Essential:
* Proven experience & understanding of category management
* Understanding of the UK retail market
* Desire to engage with customer contacts
* Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
* Strong numeric and literacy skills
* Excellent problem-solving, data analysis, and interpretation skills.
Desirable:
* Tesco experience
What will the interview process be?
* 1st stage interview – 45 minutes competency-based interview based on our company values and your experiences.
* 2nd stage interview – 60 minutes – a technical interview to understand your skill set/case study or presentation interview.
What does pladis offer you?
* Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) – this is the business’s annual bonus scheme.
* Opportunity to self-enrol into Health Cash Plan
* Private medical Insurance
* Stakeholder Pension Scheme
* Life Assurance Cover upon enrolment to Stakeholder Pension Scheme
* 25 days + bank holidays
* Holiday Enhancement Scheme
* 1 Volunteering Day per year
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Discounted gym membership – Carlisle and Chiswick only
* Discount and Cashback Scheme
* Access to Employee Assistance Programme
* Financial Wellbeing Support
* Access to great training and development opportunities
Our Values
Purpose led – We’re energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.
Agile – We’re ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers.
Positive – We’re highly motivated, optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better.
Resilient – We’re persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward.
Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together.
Best mix of ingredients
pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we’re a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that’s as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.
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