Use customer insight, creativity and commercial thinking to shape product ranges for one of the UK’s leading foodservice businesses. This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading Commercial team, working across category strategy, product development, marketing and customer insight.
The Company
Join one of the UK’s leading foodservice businesses, supplying thousands of food, drink and catering products to customers across the hospitality, healthcare, education and wider catering sectors.
With a broad portfolio spanning fresh, frozen, chilled and ambient products, as well as both Own Brand and leading supplier brands, the business plays a key role in helping customers deliver great food every day.
As a large, established organisation with a strong commercial focus, this is an excellent opportunity to join a business where customer insight, product innovation and commercial strategy are central to its continued growth.
The Role
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to build a career in category management or commercial strategy. Working with the Commercial Category Managers, you’ll help develop and deliver category strategies based on customer and market insight.
You’ll gain experience across a broad range of activities, including:
- Researching customers, competitors and market trends to support category and range reviews
- Identifying opportunities for new products, range gaps and Own Brand development
- Supporting range optimisation and making recommendations based on customer insight
- Identifying opportunities across both Own Brand and Branded products
- Creating category marketing collateral, including copy and photography, for use by sales and customer-facing teams
- Supporting the delivery of category campaigns, promotions and events
- Working with internal teams and suppliers to ensure products meet quality, packaging and compliance requirements
- Helping ensure product range remains competitive and aligned with customer needs
The role will give you the opportunity to work with a wide range of stakeholders and understand how insight, products, marketing and commercial strategy come together to influence customer purchasing decisions.
Benefits and Perks
- Broad exposure to category management, marketing, product and commercial strategy
- Opportunity to contribute to Own Brand product development and NPD
- Exposure to customer, competitor and market insight
- Develop your commercial, analytical, organisational and stakeholder management skills
- A role with genuine scope to influence product ranges and customer purchasing behaviour
- Excellent progression routes
Requirements
- A relevant degree
- An ability to use insight to inform actions and commercial decision-making
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with different teams and levels of seniority
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- A commercial, creative and results-orientated approach
- A genuine passion for food and/or product marketing, whether from foodservice, retail or the supply side
Apply now
If you’re commercially minded, organised and passionate about food and products, this is an opportunity to develop your career in a broad commercial role where your insight can directly influence the products and ranges offered to customers.
