Senior Category Manager

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom The Advocate Group Full time

This is an incredible opportunity to shape category growth across all retail customers for an innovative, sustainable and fast growing personal care brand, that is making a positive noise in the wellness space.


With a presence in over 6 countries and a diverse range of personal care products, this company is focused on sustainable innovation and standing out in a competitive market. This is a fantastic opportunity for a Category/Senior Category Manager to come in a make a real impact, where they can quickly progress to leading the function as the business grows to new heights


Are you up for the challenge - Coming in as a Senior Category Manager, you’ll have the platform to prove yourself where it counts and quickly progress to a lead role within 6 months


Key responsibilities:

  • Instrumental in influencing key grocery retail accounts.
  • Customer relationship management.
  • Delivering data driven category strategies.
  • Contributing category insights to identify category growth.
  • Cross-functional collaborating with internal teams such as marketing and commercial.


The ideal candidate will be an established Category/Senior Category Manager who has a strong understanding of the retail and grocery scene and comfortable developing relationships with customers


Experience creating and delivering successful Category Growth Plans is key, along with familiarity using tools like Circana, Nielsen & Kantar Data to make smart, data-driven decisions.


If the role and responsibilities sound like a good fit for you – then I’d love to speak to you



If you’re interested in finding out more about our available opportunities or how we can help you further your career, then please contact us today.

Please get in touch with John or click “Apply Now” to be considered for this vacancy.



The Advocate Group is a leading recruitment partner, based in the UK, to the FMCG and consumer product sectors.

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