Myton Food Group
Category Insight Manager - 12 month FTC
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About The Role
This role is a 12-month fixed-term contract.
As the Category Manager - Manufacturing, you will be working across both Morrisons and other Myton customers, supporting the Senior Manufacturing Manager to deliver Category Insight, Consumer data, Food trend insights, and Trade marketing proposals. You will support the Commercial Team to deliver 3-year plans for revenue and margin growth. You will support in making the essential step-change to a data and insight-driven Manufacturing Business, focused on delivering actionable insights to customers.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
- Identifying category & consumer trends
- Bringing together shopper insights, market & retailer data to best understand & present the market & the consumer dynamic
- Supporting the delivery category reviews, identify issues & develop recommendations
- Influencing stakeholders to launch EBITDA winning categories
- Build, manage and maintain weekly and monthly business reports for sharing with both Morrisons and Myton customers using available data resources including Kantar, IGD, Circana, MoreViu, and any other relevant data sets
- Manage and deliver weekly store visits highlighting key points of difference to the wider Myton team (incl. sites, NPD, etc.) and our customers
- Support the tailoring, planning, and executing long-term category plans and securing long-term engagement with customers
- Aiding the delivery of operationally joined-up NPD & EPD
- Building strong relationships across manufacturing and retail teams
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About You
We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn, and connect with lots of different views, perspectives, and beliefs. For this role, we’re looking for someone who has:
- Strong knowledge of the UK grocery market and key market data sets
- Food Manufacturing & Retailer process understanding - Category - NPD & Final Product relationship
- Financial acumen to support the delivery of financial plans and targets
- Ability to manage & influence peers
- Confident presenter and ability to forge & develop relationships internally and externally
About The Company
You’ll find a great big welcome here at Myton Food Group - the part of our business that looks after manufacturing, whilst maintaining strong roots within Morrisons Supermarkets. At Myton Food Group, we have a legacy to be proud of. We’re British farming’s biggest single direct customer. We buy from highly valued suppliers. And we’re passionate about the quality of our food.
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Today, we have 18 manufacturing sites across the UK, where we pack and process fresh meats and fish, savoury and sweet pies, fruit and veg, flower bouquets, bread, and lots more. We really do stand out in the world of food manufacturing. But what we’re especially proud of is the way we all get stuck in and work as a team, in partnership across our supply chain. Read more about what we do at our Myton Food Group website.
We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:
🩺 Private healthcare
🚘 Car Allowance
🌴 Generous holiday entitlement
💰 Discretionary bonus scheme
🛒 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us
💳 Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
🚀 Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here
🍏 Subsidised staff canteen
🚗 Free parking
💰 Competitive pension and life assurance
🩺 Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
🛍️ 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas, and gyms, and lots more
🐶 Optional payroll charity donations
👪 A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave
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