Category & Insight Manager

The Opportunity

• Join a market-leading premium food brand with ambitious growth plans.
• As the Category & Insight Manager, you will lead the innovation agenda and identify opportunities beyond the brand's core categories.
• Use consumer, shopper, and category insights to shape a commercially successful innovation pipeline.
• Work closely with senior leadership to influence strategic business decisions.
• Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead innovation projects from opportunity identification through to launch.
• Use consumer, shopper, and category insights to uncover trends, whitespace, and innovation opportunities.
• Develop and refine product concepts, propositions, and innovation pipelines.
• Design and manage consumer testing programmes to validate concepts and support innovation decisions.
• Build compelling business cases and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Marketing, Commercial, NPD, and Operations teams to deliver successful innovation projects.
• Support stage-gate processes and ensure projects remain commercially viable.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in an innovation-focused FMCG role, ideally within food.
• Strong background in concept development, consumer insight, and consumer testing.
• Experience identifying and developing opportunities in new or adjacent categories.
• Ability to turn consumer insight into commercially successful innovation.
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Commercially minded with excellent analytical capability.
• Degree educated or equivalent experience.

About You

• A highly motivated Category & Insight Manager with a passion for innovation and growth.
• Curious, creative and consumer obsessed.
• Passionate about uncovering opportunities and bringing innovative ideas to life.
• Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Excited by the challenge of building and shaping future innovation opportunities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Bonus scheme of up to 5% paid twice yearly.
• Generous car allowance.
• 25 days holiday, increasing with service.
• 4% employer pension contribution.
• MediCash Health Insurance.
• Quarterly product samples, company events, and additional perks.

Additional Information

• Due to the office location, applicants must be able to commute by car 3 days per week.
• Free on-site parking available.

Apply Now

If you're an experienced Category & Insight Manager looking to drive innovation, develop consumer-led concepts and shape the future growth of a leading food brand, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to be considered for this exciting innovation opportunity.