Category Manager, Category Strategy & Own Label
1 day ago
York
Position Title: Category Manager, Category Strategy & Own Label Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Requisition ID: 40337 Category Manager - Category Strategy & Own Label. About McCain. At McCain, we're feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That's why we're dedicated to ensuring our core values-Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality-shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain! Why join the McCain family. • Your Life - we're here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life., • Your Success - work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success., • Proactively analyse, synthesise and communicate insights from a broad range of data sources, including market, shopper, loyalty, panel, customer and operator data., • Combine global trade flow, share and capacity data with local quantitative and qualitative insight to deliver robust competitor monitoring and performance reporting., • Translate insight into clear foresight on trends, opportunities and risks-informing recommendations that drive growth for both customers and McCain.Deliver Customer Category Growth Plans, • Execute category growth strategies in partnership with the Senior Category Manager and the wider Category Growth team., • Work closely with environment and channel specialists to tailor initiatives for maximum impact across both Retail and Foodservice.Enable Marketing, Innovation & Digital Effectiveness, • Support the development of new product, range and activation concepts that grow the Own Label portfolio, ensuring shared value for McCain, customers, consumers and operators., • Contribute to the deployment and continual improvement of selling tools, using data and digital capability to increase customer engagement and effectiveness.Lead Customer & Stakeholder Engagement, • Act as a trusted partner to key Retail and Foodservice customers, leveraging category expertise, the 3Cs framework and customer communication plans to build strong, value-added relationships., • Collaborate with UK and European commercial and innovation teams to develop compelling, insight-led Own Label proposals for customer meetings, range reviews and new business development., • Deliver clear, data-driven recommendations through category reviews, assortment optimisation, new product proposals and thought leadership initiatives., • Build and maintain strong relationships across internal teams and with external analytics and data partners.Apply Advanced Data & Analytical Capability, • Confidently query, interpret and translate complex data into actionable commercial recommendations., • Leverage market research, loyalty card data, shopper panels and operator insights to inform category decisions., • Bring curiosity and pace by exploring emerging technologies-such as AI-enabled tools-to improve accuracy, speed and impact of insight.Qualifications:, • 3-5 years' experience in category management, insight, commercial support or product development within FMCG/CPG, ideally with exposure to Retail and/or Foodservice environments., • A strong track record of turning consumer and market insight into action, with the ability to develop clear, commercially relevant recommendations., • Advanced analytical capability, with hands-on experience using key data sources and tools, including:, • Retail: Kantar, Circana (formerly IRI/Nielsen), dunnhumby, • Foodservice: Lumina Intelligence, Circana CREST, • Additional tools: PowerBI, SAP BI, Excel and CRM platforms (e.g. Salesforce), • Proven ability to query, interpret and synthesise complex data, translating insight into practical business and customer outcomes., • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the confidence to build effective relationships across internal teams and with external partners., • A generous Car Allowance, • An achievable yearly bonus based on personal performance., • An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay, • Flexible holidays - where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year, • Optional health cash plan, • Cycle to work scheme #LI-OW1 McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here. Job Family: Sales Division: GB Commercial Foodservice Department: Category Strategy Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Leeds || GB - United Kingdom : England : York Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd JBRP1_UKTJ