Senior Category Growth Lead – Grocery & eCommerce

Nestle; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous pension scheme

12 flexible days on top of 25 days"

2 volunteering days

Personal development focus

Job summary

Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages is seeking a Customer Category Lead - Grocery & eCommerce to drive growth across Grocery and ecommerce channels from Gatwick with a hybrid pattern. You will lead a 5-person team, shape 12-36 month channel strategies and partner with senior stakeholders to turn insight into commercial plans.

You will build trusted relationships, lead ICP execution and inspire high performance through cross-functional collaboration while delivering value for consumers and

Qualifications

• Significant commercial, category development and channel strategy experience within FMCG.
• Proven ability shaping and activating customer or channel strategies and turning insight into executable plans.
• Experience in Grocery and ecommerce channels and customers.
• Proven leadership of high-performing teams and delivering results through others.
• Experience leading change in complex, matrix organisations and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking, customer partnership and commercial judgement.
• Cross-functional leadership delivering results through collaboration and challenge.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of 12-36 month Grocery & ecommerce channel strategies.
• Drive category growth, premiumisation and value creation through insights and planning.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to build trusted relationships and sustainable plans.
• Deliver category recommendations translating insights into opportunities and execution.
• Lead ICP process aligning MBS ambitions to annual priorities and plans.
• Build and inspire a high-performing Customer Category team with shopper insight and storytelling.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align priorities and optimize performance.

Skills

Commercial experience

Category development

Customer management

Channel strategy

Grocery & ecommerce

Leadership

Change management

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages is seeking a Customer Category Lead - Grocery & eCommerce to drive growth across Grocery and ecommerce channels from Gatwick with a hybrid pattern. You will lead a 5-person team, shape 12-36 month channel strategies and partner with senior stakeholders to turn insight into commercial plans.

You will build trusted relationships, lead ICP execution and inspire high performance through cross-functional collaboration while delivering value for consumers and