Category Executive

Princes Limited; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturer in Liverpool is seeking two Category Analysts to support their category team. The role focuses on data analysis and insights to strengthen key retail partnerships. The ideal candidates should possess strong communication and organizational skills along with some knowledge of the food industry. The position offers a hybrid working model and a range of competitive benefits, including a generous pension plan and medical insurance.

Benefits

25 Days Annual Leave

14.5% Pension

Flexible Working

Private Medical Insurance

Learning & Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong communication and organisation skills are essential.
• Must be competent in Microsoft packages and have knowledge of the food industry.
• Experience with analytical tools and data is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with category data analysis and reporting.
• Building insights from data to support category strategies.
• Collaborating with internal teams to enhance data usage.

Skills

Communication skills

Competent in Microsoft packages

Knowledge of food industry

Organisation skills

Ability to build relationships cross-functionally

Self-motivated

Analytical skills

Project management

Tools

IRI

Kantar

I2C

Dunnhumby data

Job description

Vacancy Name Category Executive

Employment Type Permanent

Country United Kingdom

Location Liverpool

Business Area Commercial

Workplace Type Hybrid

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7, employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

We are looking for two new Category Analyst's to support the wider category team with data analysis and insights to help build category relationships with our key retail partners.

Dimensions

• External contacts – Customers (Buyers and Category Marketing Managers), Research and Marketing agencies.
• Internal contacts – Marketing team, Sales team, Buying team up to senior manager / director level.

Key Duties

• Assisting with the day-to-day category data analysis.
• Build category specific reports aligned to requests from retailers and the wider category team, to provide action-oriented updates.
• You’ll immerse yourself in data, to gain understanding of market performance and learn how this can be turned into key insights.
• Understand and utilise all data platforms to understand performance and share with the wider team.
• Spend time in stores to understand the ever-changing landscape and what retailers are looking for to drive performance.
• Online is key for growth, you will support with ensuring the team is aware of new news online for our retailers and support with brainstorming ideas for future growth.

Support for the wider Category Function

• Assist the wider category team by becoming an expert in our data sources.
• Understand the wider UK Grocery market and the dynamics within it.
• Cut through information to identify and develop insight from analysing shopper and performance data.
• Identify opportunities to improve the current ways of thinking and is comfortable talking through their thoughts.
• This role would be suitable for someone who likes to seek to understand data and trends within a number of data sources, and enjoys finding nuggets of insight within it to turn into a compelling stories or topics for discussion.
• This role will provide a varied base as an entry level into the world of category. You will gain exposure across all channels and categories and will enable you to build up a wide network of support internally across many teams.

Role Requirements Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Must Have

• Communication skills
• Competent in Microsoft packages
• Knowledge of food industry, competitors, and customers
• Organisation skills, with clear ability to prioritise workload.
• Ability to deal with challenges / objections confidently.
• Ability to build relationships cross-functionally.
• Self-motivated
• Resilience

Desirable

• Analytical skills
• Project management
• Experience of using IRI, Kantar, I2C and Dunnhumby data
• Experience of FMCG food marketing team is preferable.

Benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave
• 14.5% Pension - 5% Employee Opt In / 9.5% Employer
• Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 Days in Office / 1 Day WFH
• Flexible Holiday Option
• Enhanced Family Friendly & Carers Policies
• Life Assurance Cover
• Private Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities