Weetabix
Category Manager
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Category Manager
Application Deadline: 21 October 2026
Department: Sales
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Burton Latimer
Description
At Weetabix, we believe that diverse teams drive better ideas, stronger decisions, and a more inclusive workplace for everyone. We’re committed to building an organisation where people from all walks of life feel they belong—where different voices, experiences, and backgrounds are valued and respected.
Closing date: 21st October
Interview process: 2 Stage Interview Process
Working pattern: You’ll spend three days a week in the office, creating great opportunities to collaborate, strengthen team connections and build high‑impact working relationships face to face. Travel to different customers will be required as part of this role.
We are recruiting for two Category Manager opportunities. One role will lead the relationship with one of our major grocery customers, while the second role will manage the relationship across a number of customers across other channels.
As Category Manager, you will play a key role in driving sustainable growth across our priority retail customers and channels. Using shopper, consumer and market insights, you'll turn data into clear, commercially focused strategies that create value for both our customers and the business.
Working cross-functionally with teams across Brand, Innovation, Revenue Management and Supply Chain, you'll bring our category vision to life through tailored customer growth plans. This includes optimising product ranges, shelf space, pricing and pack architecture, in-store activation and online presence to unlock new opportunities for growth.
Looking ahead, you'll help shape the future of category management by strengthening our omnichannel approach across grocery, convenience and online retail, embedding technology-enabled analytics to accelerate insight generation, and developing scalable ways of working that improve speed, consistency and impact.
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The Recipe
- Own and deliver the Category Vision with priority customers, turning it into retailer-specific growth plans with clear, measurable outcomes.
- Manage category planning across branded and private label products, identifying opportunities to optimise range, distribution, space, merchandising and in-store visibility across different retail formats.
- Develop compelling, insight-led recommendations using shopper, consumer, market and category data to drive category growth, improve customer conversion and maximise value.
- Create customer-specific point of purchase plans across physical and digital channels, using shopping missions, basket insights and shopper behaviours to enhance the customer journey.
- Build a long-term partnerships with trading, merchandising, category planning and store operations teams, acting as a trusted category expert and advisor.
- Translate complex data and insights into clear, engaging stories that support decision-making across brand, new product development, commercial planning and revenue management teams.
- Monitor category performance through regular business reviews and scorecards, tracking key performance indicators and identifying opportunities to improve results.
- Share expertise and best practice across the team, helping to strengthen analytical thinking, storytelling and customer engagement capabilities.
The Ingredients
Key Know How:
- Experience within Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and UK grocery retail.
- Proven success delivering customer-specific category plans across range, space and activation.
- Understanding of shopper and consumer insights, in-store influences and digital shelf principles.
- Advanced analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Experience using shopper, market, retail sales, space and pricing data to support decision-making.
- Ability to build effective relationships with senior stakeholders and collaborate across teams to deliver results.
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Your Bowl of Perks (Benefits)
- Competitive Salary & Annual Flexible benefits
- Annual bonus
- Double-matched pension scheme (up to 12% from us)
- 25 days annual leave increasing with service
- Annual Salary review
- Healthcare plan
- Discounted Weetabix products
To support our employees, we also offer:
- Continued investment in your personal development
- Balance support, including the option to purchase additional annual leave
- Access to 24/7 counselling service (via Grocery Aid partnership)
- Flexible Work Opportunities
- Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave
- Additional Time Off for Fertility Treatment and Neonatal Care
- Working Parents Support Group
- Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy
To learn more about life at Weetabix, visit our careers page:
Please note: We benchmark roles based on your skills and experience, so we do not advertise fixed salary ranges.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position; therefore, we are seeking candidates who do not require sponsorship.
We utilise our Preferred Agency Supplier Partners as and when we require additional support
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