Category Growth Manager – Cheese & Dairy (Hybrid UK)

Lactalis Ltd.

Redhill

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 75,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Lactalis UK is looking for a Category Development Manager (G7) in Redhill, Surrey. The role focuses on delivering insight-led category recommendations and executing customer-facing category plans across cheese and wider dairy categories.

Hybrid working with 2 days from home per week, reporting to Senior Category Manager, no direct reports. You will work with Commercial, Marketing, RGM & Innovation to build category stories, support range reviews and NPD, driving commercial outcomes with key

Qualifications

Category development experience in UK grocery/retail
Ability to influence through insight-led recommendations
Strong analytical capability translating data to actions
Understanding of shopper/category/customer dynamics
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
Strong written and verbal communication
Ability to tell compelling internal/external narratives

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver category strategies for selected retailers aligned to Lactalis UK’s commercial plan
Translate market, shopper and customer insight into category, ranging and space recommendations
Develop category knowledge across cheese and dairy categories for decision-making
Support IBP inputs and delivery across volume, net sales and contribution targets
Contribute to Sales Strategy & Development with insights and best practices