Category Development Manager Grocery

Category Development Manager (Grocery)

12 month fixed term contract, great opportunity for permanent
 

What you become part of:

Soft drinks is an exciting, fast paced and always evolving category.  But what is the perfect soft drinks range for our customers?  How can we get shoppers spending more time down the aisle (in store or online) and make the category more exciting to shop? At Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, the Category Development Team are at the forefront of leading the soft drinks growth agenda. It’s all about being experts not just in soft drinks but also our consumers, shoppers and the  environments in which we sell. You will be accountable for the delivery of category growth within your defined customer/environment. You will workhand in hand with key stakeholders including the Environment leads, Sales teams and directly with the Customer to deliver against defined objectives through unlocking insight from data and providing actionable recommendations.

What you’ll be doing in this role:

• Engage the business and your customer with compelling insight that become actionable category recommendations with a strong focus on range, space, distribution and value creation
• Create and deliver an engaging and sustainable category plan that is built from both our Category Vision and the retailer’s strategy that aligns objectives and is measured quarterly
• You will champion the voice of the consumer and the shopper and build strong relationships across the business
• You will understand the commercial implications of decisions but will remain credible to support the delivery of category growth recommendations
• You will identify best practice category management, and where possible, implement as common practice across environments, ensuring time is spent out in trade to gain a broader perspective

What we are looking for:

• FMCG experience within Category Management, ideally within the grocery channel
• Someone who can demonstrate passion, ownership and resilience for growing the category
• Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills
• Ability to turn data into actionable insight using Nielsen/IRI/Kantar/Dunnhumby/Quantium/SIP)
• A team player who is empowered to win

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business and the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. We’re a dedicated team of 33,200 people, serving 2 million customers in 29 countries. We make, sell and distribute the world’s most loved drinks brands - including Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Costa Coffee® and Monster®. We’ve also expanded into alcohol with ready to drink Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola. We want a workforce that is as diverse as our products – with a culture that fosters belonging and inclusivity. 

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.