Overview
Position Title: Category Manager, Retail
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Scarborough
Requisition ID: 38102
Company: McCain Foods
About McCain
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people’s lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.
Responsibilities
* Analyse market and consumer data to spot trends, generate insights and translate them into growth opportunities.
* Work closely with the sales team to drive distribution and deliver against commercial plans.
* Build trusted relationships with customers, delivering impactful category reviews, range reviews and NPD sell-ins.
* Partner with ecommerce and commercial teams to develop and deliver online growth plans.
* Create and execute shopper activation plans aligned with McCain’s Category Vision.
* Act as the category partner for a defined product area, ensuring insight-driven strategy, successful NPD launches and effective activation.
Location & Working Style
Location: Scarborough. Hybrid working; no fixed in-office requirement, with in-person collaboration encouraged around half of working time.
What We’re Looking For
* Experience analysing and interpreting data, and turning it into actionable recommendations.
* A background in Category Management within FMCG ideally.
* Strong relationship-building and influencing skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
* A clear understanding of route-to-market processes and shopper behaviour.
* Ability to manage projects, juggle priorities, and deliver results with pace.
* A curious, collaborative and resilient mindset, with a genuine customer focus.
Experience with data providers (such as Circana and Kantar, Dunnhumby, Retail Link) and shopper marketing activity would be an advantage.
Leadership Principles
Our principles guide our actions across the organisation. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus on specific principles, including:
* We are customer obsessed.
* We think big and plan ahead.
* We bring out the best in our people.
* We act like owners.
The Benefits Of Working For McCain
Benefits include a competitive salary and benefits such as:
* An achievable yearly bonus based on personal performance.
* An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay.
* Flexible holidays – buy & sell up to 5 days per year.
* Optional health cash plan.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Volunteer Day Off to support McCain communities globally.
We offer opportunities to grow within a global business and a 5-year growth plan that supports development and progression.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy.
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