Location: Scotland, Sheffield or ManchesterShift: Monday - FridaySalary: Competitive with Opportunity for GrowthWe have an opportunity for a Category Manager to join our Commercial team in either Hamilton, Sheffield or Manchester.Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make 75% of the UK's sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we're in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.The Category Manager will own an assigned Category Strategy, leading the development, socialisation, and implementation. Keeping it live, dynamic, and stretching. They will manage Finsbury's Category relationship with key accounts to achieve budgeted profitable growth and support Finsbury's Brand Team with market, category and consumer led insight to drive growth for our brand/license portfolio.This is a fast paced role, where the successful candidate will ideally be degree educated with proven experience in a customer facing FMCG Customer Marketing/Category Management (ideally with Major Multiples) role. They will also have experience of using key category management tools - e.g. EPOS & panel data, shopper & consumer insight, range management, space planning/merchandising. Together with excellent communication and attention to detail.This role offers Hybrid working as an option from either our Glasgow, Sheffield or Manchester site. On occasion you will be required to attend one of our other sites (Manchester, Sheffield, Glasgow, Cardiff or Salisbury) and customers for meetings which could be weekly or monthly, depending on the requirement.This is a great opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK's largest bakery businesses. They'll work closely with a friendly and engaging team from both a site and group perspective, offering opportunities for growth and long-term career development.This is what you'll actually do!As the Category Manager they will be the voice of the shopper & consumer via effective use of market data, insight & trends. They will also, develop, and implement shopper & consumer led category plans to support delivery of commercial, and customer objectives. Create and deliver compelling selling stories for FFG products in conjunction with Sales, Marketing and Development Teams.They will also develop category plans to drive our Branded portfolio. Building positive relationships with external & internal stakeholders. They will be required to attend customer meetings to present latest category, market, and shopper data & insights.Ideally this is you!· Experienced customer facing FMCG Customer Marketing/Category Management (ideally with Major Multiples)· Experience of using key category management tools - e.g. EPOS & panel data, shopper & consumer insight, range management, space planning/merchandising· Commercial insight & acumen - build/adapt customer/category plans to meet & exceed commercial objectives· Able to present category information in a clear & confident way to all audiences· Strong communication skills· Ability to interpret multiple data and insight sources to solve problems effectively· Ability to work on own initiative and also as part of a team· P&L understanding· Strong attention to detail· MS Office skills (Powerpoint & Excel)· Educated to Degree levelOur vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!
