Category Manager

Advocate Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + bonus

Hybrid working model (3 days office-based)

Enhanced pension and healthcare benefits

Additional holiday options

Wellbeing support

Excellent career development

Job summary

Advocate Group is seeking a commercially minded Category Manager to join their team in Greater London. You will drive category growth for a leading food business, owning key retail relationships with a focus on customer insight and data-driven strategies.

This position offers a competitive salary, hybrid working (3 days in the office), benefits including enhanced pension and wellbeing support, and excellent career development opportunities.

If you are passionate about category growth and building influential partnerships, please apply now.

Qualifications

• Proven category management experience within FMCG.
• Strong Nielsen and Kantar expertise preferred.
• Excellent analytical and storytelling skills required.

Responsibilities

• Drive category growth across a major grocery customer.
• Own key retail relationships and develop compelling recommendations.
• Influence strategic decision-making at all levels.

Skills

Category management experience within FMCG

Strong Nielsen and Kantar expertise

Excellent analytical and storytelling skills

Ability to influence stakeholders

Commercial acumen and strategic thinking

Job description

Ready for your first step into a Category Manager role with true customer ownership?

The Advocate Group are supporting a leading Food business in the search of commercially minded Category Manager, to drive category growth across a major grocery customer. This is an opportunity to join a high-performing team where data, shopper understanding and customer partnerships come together to shape winning category strategies.

You'll own a key retail relationship, using market insight and category expertise to develop compelling recommendations that deliver growth for both customer and category. Working cross-functionally, you'll bring the voice of the customer into the business and help influence strategic decision-making at every level.

What you'll bring:

• Proven category management experience within FMCG
• Strong Nielsen and Kantar expertise
• Excellent analytical and storytelling skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders internally and externally
• Commercial acumen, strategic thinking and a proactive mindset

What's on offer:

• Competitive salary + bonus
• Hybrid working model (3 days office-based)
• Enhanced pension and healthcare benefits
• Additional holiday options and wellbeing support
• Excellent career development within a market-leading food business

If you're passionate about category growth, customer insight and building influential partnerships, we'd love to hear from you.

For more details or to discuss how we can support your career, please get in touch with John, or click “Apply Now” to be considered.

The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner, based in the UK, to the FMCG and consumer product sectors.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. Please note that The Advocate Group is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.