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Category Manager

Staines head office 3 days a week

Love turning shopper insight into category growth? This could be your next move.

We’re looking for an ambitious Category Manager to help shape the category agenda with some of the UK’s biggest grocery retailers.

This is an opportunity to make a real commercial impact, using data, insight and creativity to influence customer decisions, unlock growth opportunities and drive category performance.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Building strong customer relationships and becoming a trusted category partner

  • Influencing range reviews, space, distribution, displays and promotions

  • Turning shopper and market data into compelling commercial recommendations

  • Shaping category vision and developing customer-specific growth strategies

  • Partnering with Sales, Marketing and Brand teams to deliver results

  • Leading shopper marketing activity, managing budgets and driving continuous improvement

What we’re looking for:

  • 2+ years’ Category Management experience within FMCG

  • A strong understanding of the UK grocery retail market

  • Excellent analytical, storytelling and presentation skills

  • The confidence to influence, challenge and bring people with you

  • A creative, commercially minded approach with a passion for driving growth

Experience with Circana, Kantar, dunnhumby and Retail Link would be a real advantage.

If you’re ready to take your category expertise to the next level and turn insight into action, we’d love to hear from you!

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Noble Foods is a family-owned company which began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands , including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg co. , Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.

In a recent survey by Best Companies we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.

 

What can we offer you?

  • Competitive basic salary

  • Service Awards

  • Enhanced paternity and maternity

  • Free life insurance

  • Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme

  • Access to Perkbox with a variety of discounts including a monthly freebie from Greggs or Café Nero

  • Discounted eggs and chicken

  • A Celebration day after 1 years service enjoy an extra day off to celebrate a life event, such as your birthday

  • Access to DigiCare + - Annual Health Check, Digital GP Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Health Opinion and Mental Health Consultations.

  • Discounted Gym Memberships

  • Free Eye Test every two years

  • Discounted mobile phone contracts

  • Share in our success with the People Partnership - after 6 months service you will be eligible for a yearly bonus

  • Additional Allowances for First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders

  • Wellness programme

  • Employee Charity Matching Scheme

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.

Vacancy posted 29 days ago
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