Hybrid Category Manager: Shopper Insights & Growth

Finsbury Food Group; Hamilton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Pension Scheme

Death in Service

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail Discounts

Refer a Friend

Employee Recognition Awards

Learning & Development

Growing organisation

Job summary

Finsbury Food Group is seeking a Category Manager to join our Marketing team in a hybrid role, ideally near our Manchester, Sheffield or Scottish sites. You will drive a data-driven category strategy and partner with retail customers to grow the business.

You’ll translate shopper insights into actionable recommendations, lead stakeholder engagement and support brand‑team collaboration to deliver on our commercial targets.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a Category Management role.
• Experience working with customers, partners and cross-functional teams.
• Understanding of category strategy fundamentals.
• Strong organisation and communication skills.
• Creative thinker with exceptional attention to detail.
• Positive, proactive, and eager to learn.
• Customer and consumer focused with the ability to deliver at pace.
• Collaborative team player, able to build effective relationships.
• Capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, socialisation and delivery of a dynamic, insight-driven Category Strategy.
• Build and manage strong relationships with key retail partners and collaborate with Brand Team.
• Translate multiple data sources into clear, compelling, insight-led stories for customers and stakeholders.
• Develop understanding of shopper missions, behaviours and drivers to ensure shopper voice informs decisions.

Skills

Category management

Cross-functional collaboration

Category strategy fundamentals

Organization & communication

Creative thinking

Proactive & eager to learn

Customer & consumer focus

Relationship building

Data-driven decision making

Job description

Finsbury Food Group is seeking a Category Manager to join our Marketing team in a hybrid role, ideally near our Manchester, Sheffield or Scottish sites. You will drive a data-driven category strategy and partner with retail customers to grow the business.

You’ll translate shopper insights into actionable recommendations, lead stakeholder engagement and support brand‑team collaboration to deliver on our commercial targets.