Category & Insight Manager

Morepeople 01780; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in West Yorkshire is seeking a Category & Insights Manager. This hybrid role demands expertise in category and insight development, with responsibilities including data analysis and trade marketing strategies. The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of experience in the UK food market and the skills to influence stakeholders. Join a progressive team and contribute to transforming the business into an insight-driven supplier.

Qualifications

• 2+ years category / insight experience within the UK Food market.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between Food Manufacturing, Retail, Category and Product Development.
• A commercial head with the confidence to influence at all levels.

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 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 teams.
• Partnering with commercial leads to shape long-term category plans.
• Influencing internal stakeholders and retail partners on strategies.

Skills

Category and consumer trends analysis

Data-driven insight generation

Strong influencing skills

Analytical mindset

Job description

Job Title: Category & Insights Manager
Salary: £50,000
Industry: Food Manufacturing
Location: West Yorkshire
Work Pattern: Hybrid (3 days onsite / 1 WFH / 1 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 strucutre.

You will support the Senior Commercial Team to deliver 3-year plans for revenue and margin growth. As well as supporting the essential step-change to a data and insight driven Manufacturing, focused on delivering actionable insights to customers.

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:

• 2+ years category / insight experience within the UK Food market.

• 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 longlisted, Jordan from MorePeople will be in touch for an initial screening call.