Senior Category Development Manager

1 month ago

Cumbernauld, United Kingdom AG Barr Full time

Job Title: Senior Category Development Manager - 12 month FTC

Location: Middlebrook or Cumbernauld - Hybrid working arrangement (3 days on site)

Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits

Are you ready to Be Your Best BARR None?

We are about being brilliant. We are always learning. We are results driven and relationships matter to us.

AG Barr has been quenching the nation’s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK’s most loved drinks brands.

Employing over 1,000 people across four business units and ten UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK’s most loved soft drinks. Whether it’s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people’s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

And we’re growing, thanks to some exciting acquisitions in recent years, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There's never been a better time to join us

What we’re looking for...

AG Barr are looking for a passionate and driven Senior Category Development Manager to cover a period of maternity leave on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. Working within the Sales Team structure, the Category team’s role is to deliver compelling category insights that deliver on our category vision and business priorities to drive incremental growth in the UK soft drinks market within our customers; and to provide shopper, customer & category insight internally to enable effective planning & execution.

As Senior Category Development Manager your responsibilities will include;

  • Work with the Category Controller, sales team & commercial team to execute a best in class category strategy in our customers
  • Build strong category relationships to influence key ranging and merchandising decisions to drive growth for our customers and our business
  • To turn category insights into compelling, action orientated sells, presented with passion to our customers and internal stakeholders.
  • Provide insight internally to the brand hubs to ensure plans are relevant & appropriate to our customers & shoppers whilst maximising on key shopper trends
  • Execute the category vision & annual channel strategies to grow both the category and AG Barr’s share within it.
  • Support the development & launch of AG Barr innovation into the category
  • Take a multichannel approach to deliver the right range, right place at the right time.
  • Manage risks & identifying opportunities to deliver new distribution and protect existing distribution in our customers

What you’ll bring…

The successful candidate will have;

  • Ideally educated to degree level in a Business related degree.
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in an FMCG company within a Category team
  • Broad knowledge of the FMCG market across key channels including Mults, Wholesale, Discounters & Online
  • Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills
  • Strong understanding and experience of using market data sources such as Circana & Kantar, with the ability to retrieve data and get to the insights quickly and effectively
  • Ability to bring data and insights to life in a creative and engaging way.

What we offer...

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard.  Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

  • 33 days holiday
  • Flexible holiday trading
  • Living Wage Employer
  • Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
  • Life assurance
  • Save as you earn scheme
  • Staff sales discount
  • Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
  • Pension
  • Annual salary review 
  • Ongoing professional development

And much more 

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform here.

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won't meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for Apply now

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is 19th August 2024

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now

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