Category Manager - Trade

Overview

Vacancy Name: Category Manager - Trade

Employment Type: Permanent

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Liverpool

Business Area: Commercial

Workplace Type: Hybrid

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

We have a new opportunity for an experienced Category Manager to join us here at Princes! To support with the development of category strategy for key business areas, aligned to Marketing priorities. Through category insight, you will work collaboratively with the wider business to create key merchandising principles to delivery on category growth. You will drive business awareness of the performance through monthly reporting and deeper analysis, to support the Marketing, RGM and Commercial teams.

Dimensions

• Work closely with Princes Brand teams to support the development of strategic plans and provide relevant customer insight.
• Develop Princes category credentials, by being authority in canned goods, shopping, and consumption habits.
• Develop strong customer relationships across commercial, marketing and RGM teams.

Principal Responsibilities

• Analyse market and customer data to provide meaningful reports and analysis, which drive strategic recommendations, both for internal & external customers.
• Monitor, report and record in market activity such as store surveys and promotion tracking.
• Be the key internal category contact for the category's allocated and to become the expert in data and shopper analysis.

Role Requirements Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Experience of category management having worked with UK major multiples.
• Extensive experience of using Kantar & IRI data sources, fully competent in manipulating their data software.
• Analytical with strong excel skills, can turn data into meaningful strategic insight.
• Ability to use data and insight from a number of different data sources to produce meaningful analysis and recommendations.
• Ability to communicate to a number of different internal and external stakeholders.
• Persuasive, articulate and astute.
• Team Player.
• Strong communicator - written and verbal
• Self motivated.
• Organised, efficient and able to work to deadlines and manage work load.

Benefits

• 26 Days Annual Leave (including an additional day for your birthday)
• 14.5% Pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
• Hybrid & Flexible Working - 4 days in office / 1 day WFH
• Flexible Holiday Option - option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policy
• Life Assurance Cover
• Private Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities