Category Executive

4 weeks ago

Uxbridge Greater London, United Kingdom Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I Full time
Job Description

YOU

As our Category Manager you’ll be part of a fun and vibrant team where you’ll bring your analytical skills to identify opportunities and risks for our customers and our business, plus, you’ll use the Category Vision to be the champion of the shopper and influence change. You’ll get to work with a variety of people in our brand and sales organisations and help to shape the direction of both Suntory and our customers’ business.….and you’ll also get to work with fabulous brands, like Lucozade and Ribena.

YOUR ROLE

  • You will Identify category growth opportunities and threats for our customers and Suntory brands.
  • You will build strategic external relationships with our key customers and develop strong internal relationships with commercial and brand colleagues
  • You will be using a range of qual and quant data to deliver rounded insight and recommendations
  • You will tailor the Category Strategy with our customers to engage and deliver long-term scalable competitive advantage and growth.
  • You will implement and deliver strategic, category-focused projects, e.g., deep dives into promotions, underperforming segments, range and space optimization
  • Support business planning by defining core ranges, SKU optimisation, and review and course correction of NPD & core
  • Develop selling stories for our customers with strong category rationale
  • You'll be responsible for specific customers or channels and work alongside your relevant sales colleagues and field sales teams.
  • The team has constant interaction with our brand and RGM colleagues to influence them on category matters and act as part of business planning and the wider business engagement on our brands.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • You have category leadership experience gained in FMCG
  • Ability to turn macro, category, shopper, and consumer data into actionable insight
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Able to learn and extract actionable insight from a number of data sources e.g., Nielsen, iRi, Kantar, Mintel, Aimia, Dunnhumby, Sales Out
  • Leadership of projects across multiple teams
  • Ability to engage customers and stakeholders in a strategic agenda
  • Demonstrated strategic and category thought leadership
  • Ability to create and deliver compelling category selling stories based on insight

ABOUT US

Suntory is a Japanese company and the world’s third biggest player in the drinks industry. We want to help manage our natural resources sustainably, creating harmony with nature and protecting our environment for the next generation. We minimise our environmental impact through the whole product lifecycle; sourcing, manufacturing, packaging, distributing, selling, recycling, and managing post-consumer waste. Our strong belief is Growing for Good means that we will keep working together to improve our environment. We wouldn’t achieve what we do without our people who are at the heart of everything we do. Our people unleash their spirit daily, they craft exceptional drinks, and they fuel our Growth.

YOUR FUTURE WITH US

Joining Suntory isn’t just about taking on a role, it’s about embarking on a career journey. You have the opportunity to work with talented, inspiring and authentic leaders and have the freedom to dream big, and go for it (Yatte Minahare). At Suntory you’ll find a supportive work environment that values work life balance and that will help you realise your full potential and grow for good.

OUR COMMITMENT

At Suntory, we greatly appreciate the value that diverse knowledge, perspectives, and backgrounds can bring. Our colleagues from a wide range of cultures, lifestyles, and experiences contribute significantly to our collective success. We understand that our candidates all have unique career trajectories and experiences, and this can sometimes deter you from applying for a role if you don’t feel that you meet all the criteria. If you believe that you have relevant skills and experience that you feel could benefit us, we would love to know what unique perspectives and experience you can bring to help make us better, together in a company that is committed to Growing for Good and Giving Back to Society.

Our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based on the skills and competencies of the above role. We are committed to and value diversity, equity and inclusion in our recruitment process and do not discriminate based on gender, race or ethnic background, class, economic status, disability status, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, marital status or any other protected characteristic. We want to ensure that our interview process is as inclusive as possible. If you require any reasonable accommodation as part of the process, do not hesitate to let your recruiter know who will be happy to help.

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