Category Development Manager

Business Area: Nestlé Waters
Category Development Manager – Grocery
Location: Gatwick – Hybrid working: approx. 2 days per week in our office

Attractive Salary + potential bonus + other fantastic benefits including 12 flexible days in addition to holiday entitlement.

Championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business.

At Nestlé we are proud to support and provide equality of opportunity that supports employees to effectively blend their work life and commitments through hybrid and flexible working arrangements.

Position Summary
Nestlé Waters (NWUK) is the world leader in the bottled water market and we’re committed to bottling the very best waters from the source, straight to our customers, via the most advanced and sustainable techniques currently employed. We are also proud to produce some of the UK’s best-loved brands including Buxton, SanPellegrino, Perrier and Nestlé Pure Life.

We have a great opportunity for a Category Development Manager to join our team. If you have the passion for category development and want to work for a growing business, then this is the role for you.

A day in the life of a Category Development Manager …
In this exciting and dynamic role within the Grocery Category Development Team, you will develop and implement winning customer category plans which are aligned with the NWUK category approach & strategy, to successfully deliver NWUK & Category Growth. You will drive our Category Strategy both internally and with key Grocery customers, by engaging multiple stakeholders to deliver key category initiatives.

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Driving the Category Management process across your Grocery customers, to influence customer category space, ranging, merchandising, promotion & display decisions.
• Driving the NW's category development agenda by building a strong network of external relationships with key customers.
• Working with the Shopper Marketing Manager to ensure the appropriate level of shopper marketing activity is aligned with our Category Strategy.
• Tailor and present compelling customer category selling stories encompassing Data-Insight-Action-Implementation.
• Evaluate effectiveness of promotions across the Grocery channel and embed learnings into future plans.
• Build strong End to End working relationships with Category Sales Development, Marketing, Sales, Finance and Supply Chain.

What will make you successful?
This is an exciting opportunity for high performers who want to work in a fast paced and progressive environment. Skills and experience we’re looking for include:

• Strong graduate calibre with evidence of strategic ability in previous roles.
• Previous FMCG experience in sales / category development / shopper development.
• Category development experience with one or more of the Top 4.
• Flexibility and agility to solve problems / challenges rapidly and creatively.
• Strong evidence of working collaboratively with colleagues to deliver exceptional results.
• Experience in using Nielsen / Kantar / Circana data and insight tools.
• Strong influencing skills with commercial acumen.

What you need to know
Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – competitive salary, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a focus on personal development and growth.

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we may close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect. We embrace diversity and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be. People of all gender identities, ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of the LGBT+ community are strongly encouraged to apply.

To find out more about Nestlé Waters please visit www.nestle-waters.com