Highland Spring Group

Food and Drink

CategoryManager

£55–75k ~AI est. Blackford, Scotland, United Kingdom TEMPORARY
The Brief

“Category Manager at Highland Spring Group. Skills: Category management, Shopper insight, Customer engagement, Commercial strategy. Turn data into growth opportunities. Lead customer-facing category management”

What You'll Achieve.

Shape category growth; Help customers grow categories; Deliver compelling growth opportunities

Industry & Context.

Food and Drink
Problems you'll solve

Solve problems thoughtfully

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

FMCG experience, Category management background, Shopper insight background, Category-led marketing background, Experience leading range reviews, Experience supporting range reviews, Confident working with data sources, Able to turn complex information into recommendations

Nice to Have

FMCG experience in food or drink, Understands using insight to influence commercial decisions

What You'll Do.

Turn data into growth opportunities

Lead customer-facing category management

Build relationships with contacts

Translate insight into recommendations

Deliver market insights

Deliver category insights

Deliver customer insights

Deliver brand insights

Build relationships with external contacts

Develop recommendations on merchandising

Develop recommendations on planograms

Develop recommendations on shelf layouts

Support commercial delivery of NPD

Partner with Sales teams

Partner with Brand teams

Ensure plans are commercially aligned

Ensure plans are brand-aligned

Act as brand guardian

Ensure activity aligns with brand objectives

Ensure activity aligns with brand guidelines

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work with Sales; Work with Marketing; Work with Operations; Work with Commercial Finance; Work with Sales teams; Work with Brand teams

Communication Scope

Presentation skills; Persuasive recommendations

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