Category Insights Manager

Mizkan; Chiswick; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Mizkan Euro is seeking a commercially minded Category Manager to join our Sales team in the UK. You’ll use consumer, shopper and market data to identify opportunities across our categories and brands, turning insights into clear commercial recommendations.

You'll analyse EPOS and panel data, turn insights into engaging stories, present recommendations to major UK grocery retailers, and influence range reviews, pricing and promotions.

Qualifications

• Experience working with EPOS, panel or shopper data (Circana or NielsenIQ).
• Strong data analysis and ability to translate data into commercial recommendations.
• Strong storytelling and presentation skills.
• Comfortable working with customers and building relationships.
• Understanding grocery/FMCG, or able to learn quickly.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Experience in insights or data agencies is relevant.

Responsibilities

• Analyse EPOS and panel data to understand category and brand performance.
• Turn insights into clear, engaging commercial stories.
• Present recommendations directly to major UK grocery retailers.
• Support range reviews and influence decisions around range, distribution, pricing and promotions.
• Work closely with Sales and Marketing to build customer presentations and innovation stories.
• Manage relationships with external insight and data partners.
• Help the wider business make better use of new technology, AI and automation within category insights.

Skills

Data analysis

Presentation skills

PowerPoint

Excel

Category management experience

Customer relationship building

Tools

Circana

NielsenIQ

Job description

Category Manager - Retail

Mizkan Euro | Permanent

Ready to take your category career to the next level?

We’re looking for a commercially minded Category Manager to join our Sales team at Mizkan Euro.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who loves getting into the data, understanding what’s really happening in a category and, most importantly, turning those insights into a compelling story that influences customers and drives growth.

You might already be working in Category Management, or you could be an ambitious Category Executive, Category Analyst or Insights professional looking for the opportunity to step up, take ownership and become more customer-facing.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll use consumer, shopper and market data to identify opportunities across our categories and brands, turning complex information into clear commercial recommendations.

You’ll:

• Analyse EPOS and panel data to understand category and brand performance
• Turn insights into clear, engaging commercial stories
• Present recommendations directly to major UK grocery retailers
• Support range reviews and influence decisions around range, distribution, pricing and promotions
• Work closely with our Sales and Marketing teams to build compelling customer presentations and innovation stories
• Manage relationships with our external insight and data partners
• Help the wider business make better use of new technology, AI and automation within category insights

Who we’re looking for

You don’t need to tick every box, and you don’t necessarily need to already be a Category Manager.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has experience working with EPOS, panel or shopper data, such as Circana or NielsenIQ
• Can confidently analyse data and turn it into simple, commercially relevant recommendations
• Is a strong storyteller and presenter
• Is comfortable working with customers and building relationships
• Understands grocery/FMCG, or can get up to speed quickly
• Works confidently across Sales, Marketing and other teams
• Is proactive and comfortable taking ownership, while knowing support is there when needed
• Has strong PowerPoint and Excel skills

Experience within an insights or data agency would also be very relevant. What matters most is that you’re comfortable with the numbers, confident communicating what they mean and excited by the opportunity to have greater commercial and customer ownership.

Why Mizkan Euro?

Mizkan is a family-owned Japanese food business with a history dating back to 1804. Today, we operate globally and are behind much-loved food brands and products across markets around the world.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to step up, take real ownership and develop from analysing the data to influencing the commercial decisions that come from it.