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Noble Foods Ltd
Noble Foods Ltd

Category Manager

Staines-upon-Thames Hybrid 2-5 yrs exp Food Production 634 employees
Category ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementShopper InsightMarket Data AnalysisCommercial Recommendations

Requirements

Requires at least two years of Category Management experience in FMCG and a strong understanding of the UK grocery retail market. Candidates should have strong analytical, storytelling, and presentation skills, confidence influencing stakeholders, and a creative, commercially minded approach; experience with Circana, Kantar, dunnhumby, or Retail Link is advantageous.

Job Description

Category Manager

Staines head office 3 days a week


Love turning shopper insight into category growth? This could be your next move.


We’re looking for an ambitious Category Manager to help shape the category agenda with some of the UK’s biggest grocery retailers.

This is an opportunity to make a real commercial impact, using data, insight and creativity to influence customer decisions, unlock growth opportunities and drive category performance.


What you’ll be doing:

  • Building strong customer relationships and becoming a trusted category partner
  • Influencing range reviews, space, distribution, displays and promotions
  • Turning shopper and market data into compelling commercial recommendations
  • Shaping category vision and developing customer-specific growth strategies
  • Partnering with Sales, Marketing and Brand teams to deliver results
  • Leading shopper marketing activity, managing budgets and driving continuous improvement


What we’re looking for:

  • 2+ years’ Category Management experience within FMCG
  • A strong understanding of the UK grocery retail market
  • Excellent analytical, storytelling and presentation skills
  • The confidence to influence, challenge and bring people with you
  • A creative, commercially minded approach with a passion for driving growth


Experience with Circana, Kantar, dunnhumby and Retail Link would be a real advantage.

If you’re ready to take your category expertise to the next level and turn insight into action, we’d love to hear from you!


📩 Apply now or message me for a confidential conversation.

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Skills

Category ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementShopper InsightMarket Data AnalysisCommercial RecommendationsCategory StrategyRange ReviewsSpace PlanningDistribution PlanningDisplays And PromotionsShopper MarketingBudget ManagementSales CollaborationMarketing CollaborationBrand CollaborationPresentation Skills

About Noble Foods Ltd

Noble Foods is the UK's leading egg supplier, bringing market-leading, quality eggs to major retailers and the food service industry. In addition, the company is known for its fully integrated operations, from a network of over 200 farmers, to its six feed mills, along with pullet rearing sites and poultry processing centre. The company began in 1920 and is proudly family and female-owned.

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