Do you want to work for the largest M&S desserts supplier?

Brand new role - based in Evercreech, Somerset.

The Head of Category Insight, known internally as Consumer & Category Controller, is a brand new role for Greencore Evercreech and being dedicated to one customer, this certainly is a great opportunity for you to make the role your own and work for the largest M&S desserts supplier.

You’ll be responsible for the delivery of all category and consumer insight to the business, so you’ll already have a strong track record within category management.  The Head of Category Insight has two direct reports, so we'll be looking for you to further develop their skills and work closely as a team to drive success.

You’ll utilise your strong commercial and market data trends awareness to drive forward the desserts category plan.

What you’ll be doing

• Identify & evaluate consumer, category and customer insight to inform category direction & leadership aligned to the overall business vision
• Identify and secure resource requirements for marketing initiatives as part of the annual budgeting review to ensure the strategy can be implemented successfully
• Set the direction and then challenges the output of all Marketing activity to ensure plans are aligned to business strategy and will deliver the required performance.
• Build excellent relationships with strategically important customers, at multiple levels within their business to effectively influence category direction and smooth implementation of plans, in particular the customer category and consumer teams.
• Ensure that the innovation team is briefed at the right time with the correct insight founded on consumer needs, category insight and broader market trends
• Responsibility for providing top level trends and directional information that supports innovation process.
• Designing and developing briefs for innovative product concepts and supports customer product brief creation with customer insight.
• Provide Leadership and direction to ensure that across the business unit people are kept safe, engaged, focused, developed and delivering their potential
• Line management responsibility for a team of category and consumer marketers.

What you’ll need to bring

You'll already be an experienced category or consumer insights manager with a strong knowledge of retail brands.  Ideally you'll have experience of working with M&S, but if not don't let that hold you back so long as you've worked with other large retailers within chilled foods.

Your ability to build trusted and long term relationships will shine through both in terms of customer and people management.  You'll have a thirst for knowledge with an ability to challenge the status quo.

If you are ready for the challenge, then click apply and start your journey here.