Category Manager - WFH

Food Industry

£60k plus £6k car and package

Category Marketing Managers certainly need to know every detail of the product category which sounds obvious but it's the market and consumer trends, the competition and understanding how to be one step ahead to make the most of future opportunities from your consumer insight skills. What does the retailer need to give them the edge and drive market share, make the category stand out for them amongst the ever-increasing competition from rival food manufacturers and the other retailers.

This role will see you working with own label products and well-known brands in a team who are based all over the UK. You will have the flexibility to work from home with some visits to site but due to the number of visits to site it's more of a remote role with less than 20 site visits per year.

Led by a progressive Head of Category, this team will be a force to be reckoned with in the industry so why not join them if you are ambitious and feel like you have the knowledge, expertise and background to make an impact as Category Manager in a team where ambition and wanting to progress is seen as a positive attribute.

The business

• This dynamic team are always looking to the future and are adding to their market intelligence with additional resource due to an internal promotion.
• The business has seen sustainable growth and are investing in innovation and infrastructure to meet the demands of the category.
• That growth has come from innovation, cross functional working, a heavy focus on quality and improved manufacturing facilities.
• Their longevity in the marketplace and success in recent years has further enhanced their market leading position in the sector.

The Role

• Working closely with commercial and development, supporting future development projects, giving that vital consumer insight into future market trends.
• With a flat structure there is a real opportunity as the Category Manager for exposure to the senior team and Exec.
• Customer facing - working closely with the relevant contacts in the retailer.
• Getting under the skin of the category working closely with product development and commercial.
• A high proficiency with numbers - intuitive, able to interpret data and translate that into effective, commercially advantageous plans.
• Communication - verbal and written form. Massively important in equal measure.
• Working from home with monthly visits to site.

Your background

• Experience in marketing or commercial with exposure to development - ideally in a category management or experienced category executive ready to make the next step.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills - proficient on retail data source eg Kantar, IRI.
• A good communicator - confident and able
• Ideally, some customer facing experience
• Able to work to deadlines and prioritise effectively
• Qualified to degree level

Please send your cv through to the Novus team to discuss this role further, interviews are being scheduled at speed.