Category Manager (Insights)

NOVUS Recruitment; Loughborough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Category Manager (Insights) to join their innovative FMCG team in Loughborough. This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with commercial and development teams, providing vital market insights and contributing to exciting future projects. The position allows for hybrid working, fostering a better work-life balance while engaging directly with retail customers to ensure optimal product placement. With a strong focus on career development and a positive company culture, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the FMCG sector.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Hybrid Working

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in category marketing, ideally with retailer customers.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data and convert it into clear consumer insights.
• Work closely with commercial teams to support market trend insights.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Category Marketing

Customer Relationship Management

Education

Degree in Marketing or Business

Job description

Category Manager (Insights)

50k plus car allowance - Hybrid working

Loughborough

Perfect opportunity for a Category Manager (Insight) working in FMCG who loves to work closely with commercial and enjoys bringing the all-important numbers to life. This role includes a customer-facing element working closely with retailers to ensure the right product portfolio is on the shelves for the customer and consumer. Having both data and customer interaction gives this role real breadth in this Branded business.

The Business

• This dynamic FMCG team are always looking to the future and are adding to their market intelligence with additional resources in category management.
• The business has seen fantastic growth and with a strong trajectory for the future in terms of expansion in a range of exciting new channels and inspired innovation, there's a real positivity and buzz about what's to come.
• A trusted and well-known business in the industry, their longevity and continued success has cemented a market-leading position which is always an attraction for talent.

The Role

• Working closely with commercial and development teams, supporting future commercial projects, giving that vital insight into future market trends.
• Opportunities for further training and development in this Category Marketing team - great career development potential.
• Customer facing - working closely with relevant contacts within the retail customers giving exposure to a vast range of knowledge and connections across the industry.
• Analysing data converting it into a narrative that explains the consumer insight clearly and concisely.
• Communication - verbal and written form. Massively important in equal measure.
• Hybrid working is a real attraction reducing time spent commuting impacting work/life balance.

Your Background

• Experience in category marketing, ideally with retailer customers but not essential.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
• A confident and clear communicator in all areas of written and verbal communication.
• Professional and engaging, able to build relationships within the business and with external contacts.
• Some customer-facing experience would be ideal but not essential.
• Familiar with deadline-driven environments, able to work on own initiative, plan and prioritise effectively.

If you are earlier in your career, there will be development opportunities with this progressive business. This may be attractive as a sideways move to explore a new category and work with a flexible business who allow for WFH.

Please send a full CV to apply for this Category Manager role or to discuss other similar opportunities we are not able to advertise currently.