Category Manager

D C S Manufacturing; Banbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Cover

Contributory Pension Scheme

Medical Cash Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee social events

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

DCS Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Category Manager to join our Sales & Distribution team. You will turn category and shopper insights into clear commercial opportunities for customers and brand partners, influencing ranging, space, promotions and new product development.

You will work closely with retail and wholesale partners, delivering regular reviews and practical recommendations, and bring strong data storytelling to a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years FMCG Category Management experience.
• Experience with Household, Health or Beauty data advantageous.
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills.
• Ability to turn data into clear recommendations and commercial actions.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with customers and act as trusted category partner.
• Deliver regular category and performance reviews with opportunities and risks.
• Analyse data to provide clear commercial recommendations.
• Support customers with range and space optimisation.
• Identify distribution and rate-of-sale opportunities.
• Provide insights on promotions and new product development.
• Develop and communicate category strategies and visions.
• Turn data into actionable recommendations for the business.
• Collaborate across Sales, Commercial and wider teams to drive growth.

Skills

Category management

Data storytelling

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Kantar

Nielsen

IRI

Circana

SalesOut data

Job description

DCS Group is one of the UK's leading distributors, manufacturers and exporters of Health, Beauty and Household products.

We work with some of the world’s best-known brands, including Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Kenvue, supporting customers across Retail, Wholesale, Pharmacy, E-commerce and Export channels.

We’re now looking for an experienced Category Manager to join our Sales & Distribution team and help turn data and shopper insight into clear commercial opportunities for our customers and brand partners.

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Category Manager, you’ll use category, shopper and customer data to identify opportunities for growth and influence commercial decision-making.

You’ll work closely with retail and wholesale partners, becoming a trusted category advisor and using insight to shape ranging, space, promotions and new product development.

This role would suit someone with around 2+ years’ Category Management experience who is ready to take the next step in their career within a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with customers and become a trusted category partner.
• Deliver regular category and performance reviews, identifying key opportunities and risks.
• Analyse customer, market and shopper data to provide clear commercial recommendations.
• Support customers with range and space optimisation.
• Identify distribution and rate-of-sale opportunities.
• Provide insight and recommendations around promotions and NDP.
• Develop and communicate clear category strategies and category visions.
• Turn complex data into compelling stories and actionable recommendations.
• Support the wider business in making better use of category data and insight.
• Work collaboratively across Sales, Commercial and wider business teams to deliver growth.

About You

You’ll be commercially minded, analytical and confident presenting insight to both internal and external stakeholders.

Ideally, you will have:

• 2+ years’ experience within FMCG Category Management.
• Experience within Household, Health or Beauty would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical and storytelling skills.
• Confidence turning data into clear recommendations and commercial actions.
• Experience working with data sources such as Kantar, Nielsen, IRI, Circana or Sales Out data.
• Strong customer-facing and relationship-management skills.
• A proactive, results-focused approach.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.

What We Offer

At DCS Group, we believe in investing in our people and creating opportunities to develop and progress.

Our benefits include:

• Life Cover
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Medical Cash Plan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee social events
• Learning and development opportunities

Join DCS Group

If you’re passionate about using insight to influence decisions, strengthen customer partnerships and unlock category growth, we’d love to hear from you.