Category & Insight Manager

MorePeople

West Yorkshire

Hybrid

GBP 50,000 - 65,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A forward-thinking food manufacturing company in West Yorkshire seeks a skilled Category & Insights Manager. The role involves leveraging market insights to drive strategy and commercial success. Candidates should have over three years of relevant experience in the UK food sector and possess strong analytical skills. This position supports a hybrid work pattern, fostering a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

3+ years category / insight experience within the UK Food market - retail focus.
Strong understanding of the relationship between Food Manufacturing, Retail, Category and Product Development.
A commercial head with the confidence to influence at all levels.
Analytical storytelling through data.

Responsibilities

Identify category and consumer trends for actionable insights.
Lead category reviews and trade marketing proposals.
Build reports using data to inform strategies.
Support NPD and EPD plans with insights.
Conduct store visits and communicate findings.
Partner with commercial leads to shape long-term category plans driving margin and revenue.

Skills

Category experience

Analytical mindset

Ability to influence

Job description

This range is provided by MorePeople. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Job Title: Category & Insights Manager

Industry: Food Manufacturing

Location: West Yorkshire

Work Pattern: Hybrid (3 days onsite / 1 day WFH / 1 day travel to customers)

This role is a rare opportunity for those in Category to take their career to new heights!

Feeling stagnant in your current role with limited progression opportunities? Looking to make the move from agency-side to supplier-side? Then this role could unlock the Category career you've been looking for.

There are very few businesses within the Food sector like this one - a business with deep-rooted relationships with retailers, plus a newly created Category team providing real opportunity to those joining to position themselves as a crucial figure in this expanding structure.

Key responsibilities:

Identifying category and consumer trends – and turning them into actionable insight.
Leading category reviews and trade marketing proposals that deliver real value.
Using data (Kantar, IGD, Circana and more) to build weekly/monthly reports that inform both internal and customer strategies.
Supporting NPD and EPD plans with robust insight and commercial thinking.
Taking ownership of regular store visits and feeding back to the wider commercial and manufacturing teams.
Partnering with commercial leads to shape long-term category plans that deliver margin and revenue growth.
Influencing internal stakeholders and retail partners to back EBITDA-winning strategies.

Candidate Criteria:

3+ years category / insight experience within the UK Food market - retail focus.
Strong understanding of the relationship between Food Manufacturing, Retail, Category and Product Development.
A commercial head with the confidence to influence at all levels.
Analytical mindset with a passion for storytelling through data.

This business is in an exciting phase – evolving to a pro-active, insight-led retail supplier.

If you want to be part of that transformation and shape how a manufacturer works with its customers, this could be the one for you. Interested? Apply below.

If successfully shortlisted, Jordan from MorePeople will be in touch for an initial screening call.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Marketing
Industries
Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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