Benelux Category Leader — Plant-Based Growth & Insights

Oatly; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Brand-new office

RSUs

Pension plan

Bike plan

Vitality allowance

Wellbeing tools

Job summary

Oatly in Amsterdam is seeking a Benelux Category Manager to strengthen our understanding of category trends across the Netherlands and Belgium. You will translate data into compelling category stories and support our ambition to lead in plant-based drinks.

You will work with the Commercial, Portfolio and Innovation teams, build strong retailer relationships, and help optimize listings, promotions and forecasting accuracy across the Benelux market.

Qualifications

• At least three years of FMCG experience in the Dutch market.
• Analytical and data-driven with ability to tell a compelling story.
• Fluent in Dutch and English; comfortable with data and insights.

Responsibilities

• Use raw data to identify category and shopper insights for NL/BE.
• Develop a compelling ambient and chilled drinks category vision.
• Translate vision into winning planogram recommendations and optimize assortment and activations.
• Maintain strong relationships with Benelux retail partners and provide data-driven recommendations.
• Collaborate with Commercial, Portfolio and Innovation to align product development with trends.
• Build and maintain tools to track category performance and improve forecast accuracy.

Skills

Dutch language

English language

Data-driven

Storytelling

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

HBO or University degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Oatly in Amsterdam is seeking a Benelux Category Manager to strengthen our understanding of category trends across the Netherlands and Belgium. You will translate data into compelling category stories and support our ambition to lead in plant-based drinks.

You will work with the Commercial, Portfolio and Innovation teams, build strong retailer relationships, and help optimize listings, promotions and forecasting accuracy across the Benelux market.