Jimmy's Iced Coffee
Category Manager
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Awesome brands need awesome people, and luckily for you, we are an awesome brand.
At Jimmy's, we've spent the last 15 years on a mission to make ridiculously refreshing iced coffee available in fridges across the UK and beyond. Currently the UK’s #2 Iced Coffee Brand, on a journey to become the nation's #2 overall coffee brand.
Sure, we're passionate about our Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee, endlessly recyclable packaging, and being a proud B Corp. But we're also a bunch of people who genuinely love what we do and have a lot of fun doing it.
As part of the Carlsberg Britvic family, we get the best of both worlds: the energy, creativity and agility of a challenger brand, with the backing of one of the biggest drinks businesses around. We're winning share faster than ever, reaching a double-digit category share for the first time.
We're now looking for a Category Manager to join the crew at our HQ in Christchurch, Dorset. If you're someone who gets excited by shopper behaviour, spotting growth opportunities, building strong customer relationships and turning insights into action, this could be right up your street.
Think you’re up for the ride?
The Job:
This isn't a role where you'll be hiding behind spreadsheets all day (although there'll be a few of those).
You'll be the bridge between insight and action, helping shape category strategies that drive growth for both Jimmy's and our retail partners. You'll work closely with our Sales and Brand teams to ensure we're turning great ideas into commercial success, whilst helping customers unlock opportunities within the category.
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You'll be the voice of the shopper, the category expert in the room, and a trusted partner to our customers.
What You’ll Be Getting Stuck Into:
- Building strong relationships with key retail customers and category stakeholders
- Using shopper, consumer and market insight to identify growth opportunities
- Creating compelling category selling stories that bring opportunities to life
- Leading range reviews and helping secure the best possible shelf space, visibility and availability for Jimmy's
- Delivering category initiatives, trials and customer projects that drive results
- Using data and insight to influence decision-making and shape customer plans
- Working closely with Sales and Brand teams to ensure category thinking is embedded across the business
- Supporting customer conversations around key industry topics such as sustainability, health & wellness and changing shopper trends
- Tracking performance and turning learnings into future recommendations
- Managing category data investments, research projects and associated budgets
What We’re Looking For:
- Around 4-7 years' experience in Category Management, Customer Marketing or a commercial FMCG role
- Experience working directly with customers, ideally within grocery or retail
- Strong analytical skills and confidence working with category, shopper and market data
- The ability to turn insights into clear, actionable recommendations
- Excellent presentation and storytelling skills
- A collaborative approach and confidence working across different teams
- Experience using category insight platforms such as Nielsen, Kantar, Circana (IRI), Dunnhumby or similar
- A proactive mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment
- A genuine passion for brands, shoppers and commercial growth
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Why Join Jimmy’s?
- Competitive salary
- Annual bonus
- Private medical insurance
- 23-27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Company sick pay
- Enhanced parental leave
- Perkbox discounts and rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Early finish Fridays (because weekends should start early)
- Relaxed, fun and supportive working environment
- Plenty of Jimmy's Iced Coffee to keep you fuelled
Working hours:
8:30am – 5pm Monday – Thursday, 8:30am – 4pm Friday, 1 hour lunch break.
Sound Like Your Cup of... Iced Coffee?
If you're passionate about translating insight into action, influencing customers, and helping grow one of the UK's most loved iced coffee brands, we'd love to hear from you.
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