Category Manager

St Pierre Groupe; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company based in Manchester is seeking a Category Manager to provide insights for growth and manage key retailer relationships. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of FMCG category management experience and is adept at using data platforms to drive category strategies. This role offers a compelling benefits package, including a competitive salary, annual leave, hybrid working options, and more. Join this dynamic team at an excellent location in Didsbury Towers.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Defined contribution pension scheme

Private Health Insurance

International Travel Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

27+ days annual leave

Flexible working hours

Excellent work location with amenities

Qualifications

• 2+ years previous FMCG category management experience.
• Experience working collaboratively with UK Retailers.
• Understanding of category management principles.

Responsibilities

• Act as a category expert for customers.
• Establish collaborative customer relationships.
• Use data to provide insights and strategies.

Skills

FMCG category management experience

Data analysis using Circana, Nielsen, Kantar WPO

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

People management

Analytical skills

Job description

JOB PURPOSE

The Category Manager will be a trusted category advisor with our customers, providing them with insights and recommendations to drive their Category growth and deliver on joint business plan targets. The successful candidate will be focussed on Asda, Morrisons and Booker.

This role is ideal for someone with 2+ years previous FMCG category management experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be seen internally & externally as the expert on the Category, the Shopper and the Consumer.
• Establish collaborative customer relationships built on trust and objectivity to influence Category initiatives in the short, medium and long term. Engaging and influencing a broad range of contacts within the customer.
• Are confident using a variety of data sources (retailer data, continuous data providers and broader market intelligence), to interpret the data and then simplify into compelling insights and strategies to grow sales.
• Responsible for owning, developing, and leading the strategic category agenda with your designated customers to grow both Retailer and St Pierre Groupe sales.
• Manage product portfolios within each customer, highlighting risks and opportunities, delivering on range priorities, increasing distribution, securing NPD listings and enhancing on fixture presence (space & location).
• Work collaboratively with internal customer account managers to ensure joint business targets are agreed and met.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• 2+ years previous FMCG category management experience.
• Experience working collaboratively with UK Retailers
• Understanding of the retail environment / marketplace.
• Understanding of the principles and tools of category management.
• Adept at using data platforms such as Circana, Nielsen, Kantar WPO and Retailer own databases.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Ability to manipulate data & extract key actionable insights into presentations.
• Excellent communication skills.
• People management skills.
• Commercially savvy.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Analytical and investigative data skills.
• High levels of resilience and robustness.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

PACKAGE

At St Pierre Groupe our employer brand is important. In addition to salary, we offer an extremely attractive benefits package consisting of :

• Annual bonus (details to be provided)
• Defined contribution pension scheme (8% employer, minimum 1% employee contribution)
• Private Health Insurance and Medicash (after 3 months service)
• International Travel Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Leave of 27 days + 1 day for your Birthday + statutory days
• Flexible working (start time between 8am-10am) + early Friday finish.
• Hybrid working with a mix of 3x onsite and 2x remote days.
• Excellent work location at Didsbury Towers with onsite café, parking, and events.