Category Development Manager

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners; Uxbridge Moor; Sur place; GBP 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners in the UK is seeking a Category Development Manager for AFH. Location: Uxbridge. Contract: Permanent.

Role closing date: 20/10/2026. The role focuses on delivering a inspiring and insightful Soft Drinks category vision across environments, building growth plans with key accounts, and influencing stakeholders to unlock potential. Reporting to the Senior Category Manager, you will collaborate with National Accounts, Activation, R&MGM and Insights to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG category management or trade marketing.
• Ability to translate data into actionable category plans.
• Proven stakeholder management across buyers, merchandisers and category directors.

Responsabilités

• Support development of a clear vision for the Soft Drinks category across environments and customers.
• Develop strategic plans with key accounts to drive performance.
• Influence customers with compelling growth narratives and range strategies.
• Lead range relays, space resets, tenders/re-negotiations, and channel strategy visions.
• Establish a customer contact strategy and broaden engagement with customers.
• Collaborate with National Accounts, Activation, R&MGM and Insights to align category and brand plans.
• Deliver high-quality category analysis reports and insights to customers.

Connaissances

Category management

Strategic planning

Stakeholder influence

Data analysis

FMCG

Description du poste

Category Development Manager – AFH

Location - Uxbridge

Contract - Permanent

Role closing date - 20/10/2026

What you become part of:

In an increasingly competitive and challenging market place, at CCEP we see the role of the Category Development Manager as pivotal to delivering our business performance. The team's primary objective is to deliver an inspiring and insightful vision for the Soft Drinks category, today and in the future across the various Environments.In order to unlock growth we need our team to be strategic, long term focused, analytical and great influencers to work in partnership with our customers and key internal stakeholders. Reporting in to the Senior Category Manager you will be responsible for the development and implementation of a category strategy to unlock growth potential.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Support in the development of a clear vision for the Soft Drinks category, creating a framework for growth with a clear and relevant category strategy across key environments and customers
• Develop strategic plans with key accounts that identify opportunities to drive performance
• Drive CCEP strategic thinking and value creation story with Customers by engaging with Buyers, Merchandisers and Category Directors
• Land range relays, macro space resets, tenders/ re-negotiations, channel strategy visions and Customer Business Planning Days
• Establish and maintain a mutually beneficial customer contact strategy and help broaden our engagement with customers
• Work in collaboration with key internal stakeholders (including National Accounts, Activation, R&MGM and Insights) to ensure alignment and execution against the category and brand strategies
• Ensure delivery of quality category analysis reports, delivering insight to our customers on a regular basis
• utilise external providers to ensure we have access to the highest quality data & insight available for our customers and environments.
• Drive change by launching strategic projects such as channel strategy across key customers

Skills & Experience:

• Demonstrate passion, proactive ownership and resilience for growing the category
• Strong listening and influencing skills at various levels within the organisation and with customers
• Ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups
• Resilience, determination, and drive are key
• Behaviours: Drive for innovation, change, agile, curious mind set, resilience, determination, and drive are key
• In-depth knowledge of Nielsen, CGA, Lumina, IGD and other data & insight providers
• We are encouraging applications from candidates who have previous experience of collaborating with large customers, are highly numerate and analytical
• Previous FMCG Category Management experience is desirable but not essential