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Category Insights Manager - 12 Month FTC
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented Category Insights Manager
To join a purpose-driven, fast-growing food business with a strong portfolio of branded consumer products spanning baby nutrition, healthy snacking, and plant-based food. This is a business with genuine momentum - operating across multiple categories and retail channels, with ambitious growth plans and a collaborative, commercially-minded culture at its core.
This is a 12-month fixed term contract covering maternity leave, and it represents a genuine opportunity to make a meaningful impact at a pivotal point in the company's journey. The Category Insights Manager will sit at the heart of the commercial function, working across two UK offices, and will play a central role in shaping category strategy through best-in-class data and insight.
The Role
The Category Insights Manager will take ownership of internal reporting and insight generation. This is a role for someone who can take raw data and turn it into clear, commercially actionable recommendations, streamlining processes, improving efficiency, and creating capacity across the wider team.
The successful Category Insights Manager will be a confident communicator, capable of influencing cross-functional stakeholders and, where required, presenting category recommendations directly to retail customers.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of internal category insights and performance reporting, translating complex data into clear "so what" recommendations that drive decision-making across the business
- Leverage a broad range of EPOS, market, and shopper data sources to develop actionable insight that shapes category strategy and strengthens customer-facing propositions
- Manage and develop relationships with external agency partners, ensuring data integrity and quality of output is consistently maintained
- Take ownership of dashboards, reporting processes, and performance tracking, driving consistency and accuracy across both baby and snacking categories
- Support the adoption of new technology and AI-driven tools to streamline manual reporting and create more capacity for value-added insight generation
- Analyse promotional and NPD performance to identify growth opportunities and support ad hoc internal analysis requests
- Support knowledge transfer and capability building across the wider category team throughout the contract period
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal Category Insights Manager will bring a strong background in category management and insight, ideally within grocery, FMCG, or a retail customer-facing environment. A track record of working with major continuous data platforms is essential - particularly Dunnhumby (Tesco), with additional experience of tools such as Circana (IRI), Numerator, or Kantar highly desirable.
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An agency background, with experience supporting multiple clients or categories simultaneously, would be a distinct advantage. Above all, this is a role for someone who is commercially curious, proactive, and confident working at pace across multiple priorities, someone who can hit the ground running and add immediate value to an experienced and high-performing team.
- Strong experience with Dunnhumby and other leading shopper/market data platforms
- Proven ability to translate data into compelling, commercially relevant insight
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence presenting to both internal and external audiences
- Ideally, prior experience in an agency or multi-client environment
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, evolving commercial environment
Location
London Hybrid Working
Package
£50,000 - £60,000 + Benefits
If you are an experienced Category Insights Manager looking for a high-impact contract opportunity within a values-led, growth-oriented food business, we would love to hear from you.
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