Senior Category Manager

7 days ago

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, United Kingdom Samworth Brothers Full time £40,000 - £70,000 per year

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family
At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

  • Enhanced pension scheme
  • Private health scheme
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Experience annual pay reviews
  • Profit related pay
  • Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity
As a Senior Category Manager, you'll own the category management process, using insight and data to create compelling strategies and tactical plans. From pricing and promotions to merchandising, e-commerce, and NPD propositions, you'll ensure our brands and products outperform the market. You'll also lead and mentor a team, championing a consumer-led culture across the business.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and deliver customer category plans aligned with category vision and business objectives.
  • Use market, shopper, and consumer insights to identify growth opportunities and influence retailer strategies.
  • Own point-of-purchase metrics and create tactical plans for pricing, promotions, merchandising, and activation.
  • Lead projects from research and concept through to in-store activation and customer communication.
  • Build strong relationships with retailer stakeholders to become their go-to category expert.
  • Line manage and mentor category managers and executives, supporting team development.
  • Champion the voice of the consumer and shopper across the business.

The Ideal Candidate
We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

  • Experience with major multiple retailers and loyalty data.
  • Significant category management experience within FMCG, operating at manager level.
  • Strong commercial acumen and ability to turn insights into actionable plans.
  • Proven ability to deliver impactful presentations and influence stakeholders at all levels.
  • Excellent data interpretation skills (EPOS, Kantar, Mintel) and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Leadership experience, including managing and mentoring teams.

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member - you'll be an integral part of our thriving family.
Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us
We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UK's best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.

At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.

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