Junior Category Manager

McCormick & Company; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Junior Category Manager. This role involves supporting the delivery of category plans and collaborating with cross-functional teams to analyze data and optimize brand performance. Candidates should have relevant experience in FMCG, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders. This position offers full-time employment and opportunities for growth within the company.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in FMCG is preferred.
• Inquisitive and analytical mindset with working data.
• Strong ability to build cross-functional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Analyze category performance and shopper behavior.
• Prepare and deliver category presentations to customers.
• Support day-to-day reporting and key initiatives.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Influencing skills

Tools

Nielsen

Dunnhumby

IGD

Mintel

Job description

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The Junior Category Manager supports the delivery of category plans across Herbs & Spices, Recipe Mixes, Hot Sauce and Mustard. Working closely with Category, Shopper and other cross‑functional teams, this role combines analysis, insight, and commercial execution to help optimize category and brand performance.

You will be directly involved in preparing and delivering category presentations to customers, managing day‑to‑day reporting and supporting key initiatives such as range reviews, new product launches and promotional evaluations.

Market & Category Analysis

• Analyse category performance, shopper behaviour and competitor activity to identify trends and future challenges & opportunities
• Build regular reports and dashboards to track sales, distribution and share performance.
• Support the Category team in translating data into clear, actionable insights
• Manage day‑to‑day relationships with selected retail customers, acting as a key category contact
• Deliver category presentations and range reviews directly to customers, presenting insights and recommendations with confidence & conviction
• Work collaboratively with buyers and retailer category & merchandising teams to influence range, space, fixturisation/merchandising and pricing & promotional decisions
• Support wider customer engagement activity, ensuring category vision, drivers, strategies and execution plans are aligned across both internal and external stakeholders
• Assist in managing the portfolio and product lifecycle, from NPD through to SKU discontinuations
• Support planogram builds, range analysis and activation at launch
• Coordinate with Brand Marketing and Supply Chain teams to ensure product data accuracy and availability

Performance Monitoring

• Track and report on key performance indicators including sales, distribution and market share
• Support post‑promotion and post‑launch evaluations to identify key learnings and recommendations

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Insight, Analytics, Sales and Brand/Shopper Marketing teams to align on category vision, drivers & strategies
• Support ad‑hoc data analysis and research projects to inform longer term commercial planning

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Relevant experience- ideally in FMCG
• Inquisitive, analytical – background of working with data
• Problem solving
• Influencing skills and stakeholder management
• Ability to build strong cross‑functional skills & relationships
• Knowledge of data platforms like: Nielsen, IGD, Mintel, Dunnhumby

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Industries: Food and Beverage Services, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Manufacturing

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