Category Development Manager - Meals

Job Description
About the Position
We have an excellent opportunity available for an experienced Category Development Manager - Meals to make a difference at Kraft Heinz. The position lies within the Northern Europe business unit based in the Shard, London, managing 2 top performing UK retailers. You'll be working in a high performing team, alongside peers always trying to reach the next level.
You'll be reporting into Chris Daniel, Category Development Controller - Meals. Get ready for a lot of exposure to internal senior stakeholders and external retailer partners. The relationship with external retailers, analysis of category performance and owning the range in 2 of the top UK retailers will be your primary responsibilities.
In brief, you will be responsible for;

• Developing and maintaining strategic relationships with UK retailers to establish Kraft Heinz as the partner of choice
• Developing insight-led opportunities, driven by shopper needs to be able to drive and deliver category growth
• Ownership of the range and planograms in the trade to ensure optimum distribution and space allocation
• Liaising with internal Commercial, Marketing and Sales Leads to land NPD externally and effectively manage range optimisation across the trade
• Leading the rhythm of reporting and analyses of retailer, sub-category and product performance providing recommendations to improve
• Being the voice of the customer internally to shape and influence business agenda
  • Bring compelling, actionable insights to influence our internal innovation pipeline and help validate innovation business cases with market data
  • Work with the marketing team to support NPD/ campaigns with consumer insight

Qualifications

• +2-3 years' experience in a Category, Sales, Commercial, RGM or Trade Marketing role
• Familiar with JDA, IRI, Kantar, retailer data systems eg: Dunhumby, Quantium (or similar)
• Highly numerate and strategic thinking with the ability to analyze market, category and financial data to identify key trends and recommend creative solutions
• Evidence of agility and use of initiative to solve challenges
• Ideally Bachelor's or Master's degree (or similar)

Professional Attributes

• Consumer and Customer Focus - You demonstrate a passion for the consumer and a genuine curiosity for the customer, thinking of innovative solutions to drive performance
• Communication Skills - At Kraft Heinz you'll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it's important you have excellent communication skills, to deal with all kinds of different stakeholders.
• Relationship building - You demonstrate a passion for people and can build strong collaborative relationships built on empathy and trust
• Analytical - We're a very data driven company. You know how to translate complex data into a simple solution with your analytical mindset.
• Project management skills - You're organized and structured and know how to bring multiple projects to a successful ending within the given timeframe.
• Team player - You're a team player, which means you're sometimes a leader, sometimes a follower but always working towards the same common goal together with your teammates.

What we offer you

• An ambitious employer; we only want to the best for our people!
• Trainings and coaching to help develop your skills and behaviours
• A career track like only few other companies can match
• Flexible and hybrid working approach (3 from the office or with customers / 2 from home)
• Family-friendly and inclusive work environment
• Competitive benefits package to support mental, physical, financial and social well-being
• A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure (above market)
• Always room for new ideas; if you have a good idea, please let us know, and we can set it in action!

Location(s)
London - The Shard
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.