Category Manager

At NWF we're committed to attracting and retaining the best talent in the industry. We are interested to speak to experienced candidates in the market and are constantly looking at ways to grow the business and develop our teams. 

We are looking to speak to experienced Category Managers who have an interest in joining our innovative, dynamic and growing company.

The Category & Innovation team work at the heart of the business and play a key role in working with customers to leverage growth for both customer and NWF in line with shopper needs. 

Main role and responsibilities:

• Understand the performance drivers of the customer vs the market and other retailers

• Working across all NWF categories in the customer

• Conduct category reviews with customers

• Identify gaps and opportunities to grow the category for the customer and NWF

• Provide NPD with understanding of range gaps and opportunities to support effect range submissions

• Work in partnership with NPD, Sales and Commercial Finance to ensure Range recommendations enhance our commercial position

• Work hand in hand with account managers and growth teams to mine out and extract insight to create and activate commercial opportunities for NWF

• Pull out insight from category data to support selling arguments for NWF to grow share and profit / revenue

• Conduct category reviews and identify short, medium and long term growth opportunities for the customer

• Provide on-going objective category advice and recommendations to the customer on elements of range (distribution management and gaps), merchandising, fixture and in-store communication

Key knowledge, skills and experience:

• Category management expertise from working in an FCMG environment

• Proven ability to analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data

• Strong commercial awareness  

• Working knowledge of Nielsen or IRI, Kantar and retailer loyalty card data

• Excellent presentation skills

• Proven time management and organisation skills

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

If you aspire to work in a fast-paced business that is growing from strength to strength, think about Natures Way Foods. Join us and you’ll not only find this a brilliant place to work, but also a dynamic business you can take pride in being a part of.