4 weeks ago
Marketing - Category Manager
Finsbury Food Group
Hamilton, North Lanarkshire, UK (Hybrid)Full time
Marketing - Category Manager
Hamilton, North Lanarkshire, UK (Hybrid)
Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time
Posted 4 weeks ago
Job Summary
Own the Category Strategy lifecycle, translate data into shopper-backed insights, and drive cross-functional collaboration with Brand, Sales, and Development to unlock growth.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Lead the development, socialisation, and delivery of a dynamic, insight-driven Category Strategy, using analysis of shopper behaviour, market trends, and competitor activity to identify opportunities for growth.
- Build and manage strong, influential relationships with key retail partners, while collaborating closely with the Brand Team to integrate category, market, and consumer insights that drive innovation.
- Translate multiple data sources into clear, compelling, insight-led stories for both customers and internal stakeholders, and develop a deep understanding of shopper missions, behaviours, and drivers to ensure the voice of the shopper informs decision-making.
- Lead shopper insight projects to deliver actionable commercial recommendations, while setting and maintaining high performance standards, taking ownership of objectives, and delivering quality outcomes.
- Support the development of people and talent through coaching, feedback, and fostering an inclusive, engaging team environment, while demonstrating strong business awareness through understanding the strategic plan, interpreting financial and market data, and recognising the importance of governance and partnerships.
- Support and communicate change effectively, maintaining team focus and resilience, and collaborate across stakeholders by using data-driven insights to influence decisions and build positive, high-performing relationships.
- Work closely with brand, sales and development teams.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a Category Management role
- Experience working with customers, partners and cross-functional teams
- Understanding of category strategy fundamentals
- Strong organisation and communication skills
- Creative thinker with exceptional attention to detail
- Positive, proactive, and eager to learn
- Customer and consumer focused with the ability to deliver at pace
- Collaborative team player, able to build effective relationships
- Capable of managing multiple priorities simultaneously
- Comfortable with multiple data sources
Benefits
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
- Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
- Death in Service Benefit
- Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
- Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
- Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent)
- Employee Recognition Awards
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
- An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!
Finsbury Food Group
LUV Infinity Group is an exciting UK based umbrella company for a multitude of brands, ranging from nightclubs, bars to restaurants all over the United KingdomLUV Infinity Group has a firm Impression on the UK Nightlife and hospitality industry with our venues bringing thousands of smiles to customers faces every day since 2009; and we only continue to expand and grow today.We pride ourselves on thinking outside of the box, being innovative within our ideas & providing the best quality product across each and every diverse brand that we have created.Focusing at the heart of our business, our people; we believe a successful business begins with the people who operate it & we continually reinvent the wheel when it comes to what makes us good employers – this is what drives us.
Founded in 2009
Bristol, England, GBR
31 employees (4 in marketing)
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
3 (10% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
706
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
425M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$18.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.5%
Direct
31.4%
Referral
5.8%
Social
4%
Paid
5.7%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~31