Senior Category Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead category strategy and customer growth for major UK retailers, translating market and shopper insight into actionable plans. You’ll shape category reviews, influence NPD and Stage Gate opportunities, and coach a team to raise capability. Your work will align with Samworth Brothers’ growth and innovation agenda, contributing to category leadership both internally and with customers. This is a high-visibility role that connects data, strategy and commercial impact to drive business growth.

Pay / Benefits

• company pension scheme
• health and well-being support
• employee discount scheme
• annual pay reviews
• profit related pay
• extended leave

Responsibilities

• Lead development of category plans and customer growth strategies using market, shopper and consumer insight
• Deliver impactful category reviews and recommendations to major UK retail customers
• Drive category input into NPD and Stage Gate processes, identifying opportunities for innovation and growth
• Coach, mentor and develop Category Managers and Category Executives to build team capability
• Provide strategic category leadership through data analysis, shopper insight and retailer understanding

Key requirements

• Significant Category Management experience within FMCG at Manager level
• Strong experience using market and consumer insight data (EPOS, Kantar, Dunnhumby and similar sources)
• Experience working with major UK retailers and building influential customer relationships
• Proven people leadership experience with the ability to coach, develop and inspire others
• Exceptional presentation, communication and commercial influencing skills

• collaboration
• leadership and people development
• communication
• EPOS
• Kantar
• Dunnhumby

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