Category Manager

Main 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

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

Key Accountabilities:

• Providing objective consumer, shopper, category and market insight to the customer
• Work hand in hand with account managers and growth teams to mine out and extract insight to create and activate commercial opportunities for NWF
• Conducting category reviews and identify short, medium and long term growth opportunities for the customer
• Providing on-going objective category advice and recommendations to the customer on elements of range (distribution management and gaps), merchandising, fixture and in-store communication.
• Work with NPD to provide consumer and shopper understanding to drive effect range development and support submission process by providing range and product insight​

To be successful in this role you will possess the following skills:

• Excellent communication both written and verbal - across functions

• Experience of working in a fast paced and commercial environment

• Ability to build and maintain strong and effective relationships

• Demonstrate responsiveness and ability to work flexibly

Knowledge and experience required:

• Category management expertise from working in an FCMG environment
• Proven ability to analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data
• Working knowledge of Nielsen or IRI, Kantar and retailer loyalty card data
• Excellent presentation skills (Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint)
• Proven time management and organisation skills

The Perks:

We want you to love working for us and what you do, so we have put together a great package of benefits:

A competitive salary plus company performance related bonus.

• Company pension
• 25 days holiday
• Healthcare package
• Life Assurance policy
• Plenty of development and training opportunities.
• Relocation packages available (T&C's apply)