Category Growth Manager – Cheese & Dairy (Hybrid UK)

Lactalis Ltd.; Redhill; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

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

Skills

Category development

Influence stakeholder

Analytical ability

Written and verbal communication

Excel

PowerPoint

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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