We are looking for a Category Manager to become a trusted advisor for our accounts by following the category management process to utilise customer and consumer insight, strategic recommendations and action plans to improve category performance and deliver on joint business plan targets.

This role will require you to:

• Utilise category insight from multiple data sources such as internal company and retailer data, continuous data providers and broader market intelligence, to create strategies and plans which utilise the appropriate marketing mix to respond to the current category performance
• Present category recommendations to category peers within the customer organisation to influence their decision-making to adopt the strategies and plans
• Follow the retailers’ cycles of the category marketing process to ensure that all plans have been correctly assessed, approved, and implemented
• Manage the ongoing category relationship with the customer to provide a single point of contact to ensure consistency of communication
• Work with commercial team to feed in category plans enabling aligned and meaningful customer plans to be created
• Build extensive networks across merchandising, supply chain, marketing, store ops etc to speed decision-making and action implementation
• Using insight, input into process by identifying opportunities through to developing shopper-led selling stories
• Develop a two-to-three-year vision and roadmap of specific action for the categories

You may not have heard of us, but we’re sure you’ve tried our products. We’re a vibrant, fast-paced leading food manufacturer. Employing 13,000 colleagues across 16 world-class manufacturing sites and 18 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from Sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals.

Here at Manton Wood, we have a team of around 1,700 colleagues. We produce sandwiches and wraps for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Co-op, Asda, Morrisons, Boots, Aldi and Lidl.

Our Manton Wood site has a gym, restaurant with hot food and a staff shop available to all our colleagues.

We are looking for someone who:

• Understands the retail environment and marketplace around FMCG
• Understands the principles and tools of category management and strategic management
• Able to prepare and deliver a presentation
• Degree calibre or equivalent experience in a related field
• Exposure to customer-facing roles
• Numerical and analytical skill

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

If this sounds like you join us, grow with Greencore and be a part of driving our future success.

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.