Senior Category Manager – Leading Non Food Brand

PIE Recruitment; Bradford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% bonus

Matched pension up to 7%

25 days holiday – buy 5 days

Job summary

PIE Recruitment seeks a Senior Category Manager for a leading non-food brand in Bradford. You will own the full product and range agenda from insight to pricing, profitability and launch, shaping strategy across a sizeable consumer portfolio.

Lead a talented team and influence senior stakeholders across creative, commercial and supply functions. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on decision-making in a fast-paced FMCG environment, offering a 5% bonus, matched pension up to 7%, and

Qualifications

• Significant product development and range management experience within FMCG or a fast-paced consumer products environment.
• A track record of building commercially successful product ranges and delivering against clear financial targets.
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing, coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent commercial judgement, analytical skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Defining and delivering product and range strategies across a substantial SKU portfolio, ensuring strong commercial performance and customer relevance.
• Leading product development from concept through launch, working closely with creative, commercial, procurement and supply teams.
• Owning range architecture, pricing strategy, profitability and lifecycle management to maximise sales and margin opportunities.
• Managing and developing a team of Product & Range professionals while driving better processes and ways of working.

Skills

Product development

Category management

Leadership

Commercial judgement

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Job description

Senior Category Manager – Leading Non Food Brand

Bradford

• 5% bonus
• Matched Pension up to 7%
• 25 days holiday – buy up 5 days

Who They Are

Our client is an established and growing consumer business with a strong reputation for creating products that resonate with customers and retail partners alike. They combine creativity with commercial rigour and continue to invest in product innovation, category growth and long-term customer relationships. It's a business where experienced product leaders can make a visible impact and help shape what comes next.

A senior category leadership role with genuine influence. This is an opportunity to shape product strategy across a sizeable consumer portfolio, lead a talented team and have a direct impact on commercial performance.

You'll own the full product and range agenda, from insight and range architecture through to pricing, profitability and launch. The role offers plenty of variety, combining strategic thinking with hands-on commercial decision-making, while giving you the platform to influence senior stakeholders across creative, commercial and supply functions.

If you enjoy turning customer insight and data into successful products, while leading people and driving performance, this is the sort of role that keeps things interesting.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Defining and delivering product and range strategies across a substantial SKU portfolio, ensuring strong commercial performance and customer relevance.
• Leading product development from concept through launch, working closely with creative, commercial, procurement and supply teams.
• Owning range architecture, pricing strategy, profitability and lifecycle management to maximise sales and margin opportunities.
• Managing and developing a team of Product & Range professionals while driving better processes and ways of working.

What You’ll Need to Bring

• Significant product development and range management experience within FMCG or a fast-paced consumer products environment.
• A track record of building commercially successful product ranges and delivering against clear financial targets.
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing, coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent commercial judgement, analytical skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and external customers.