Sofina Foods Europe
Category Manager
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Role Overview
Play a key role in shaping category strategy and driving growth across some of our most important retail customers.
As a Category Manager, you'll work closely with buying, category, and range teams, using shopper, consumer, and market insights to identify opportunities and influence customer decisions. You'll become a trusted category partner, turning data into compelling recommendations that support category growth, strengthen customer relationships, and help deliver commercial success for both Sofina and its customers. You'll also collaborate with Commercial, Marketing, NPD, and Planning teams to bring category opportunities to life through innovation, promotions, and customer plans.
Key Duties
- Build strong relationships with customer buying, category, and range teams.
- Lead category reviews using market, shopper, consumer, and retailer insights.
- Develop commercially focused recommendations that support customer and business growth.
- Monitor category performance and identify opportunities to improve results.
- Support range reviews, innovation projects, NPD performance, and promotional activity.
- Work with Marketing and NPD teams to develop compelling category and innovation stories.
- Provide category insight to support forecasting, planning, and growth strategies.
- Support shopper marketing initiatives, seasonal ranging, and product launches.
- Deliver accurate reporting and analysis that supports customer decision making.
- Contribute to wider category projects and share best practice across the team.
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Ideal Candidate
- An experienced category, commercial, or insight professional with strong commercial awareness.
- Highly analytical, with the ability to turn complex data into clear and actionable recommendations.
- A confident communicator who can influence and build relationships at all levels.
- Experienced using customer, market, shopper, and consumer insights to support decision making.
- Familiar with category data platforms such as Kantar, Nielsen, or Circana/IRI, although this is not essential.
- Highly organized with strong prioritization and time management skills.
- Proactive, commercially minded, and focused on finding solutions.
- A collaborative team player who enjoys sharing knowledge and working cross-functionally.
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to influence category strategy with leading retail customers while developing your expertise within a growing international food business. You'll work alongside experienced commercial, marketing, and innovation teams, gain exposure to senior customer stakeholders, and play a direct role in shaping category growth.
With the autonomy to challenge thinking, present insight-led recommendations, and contribute to commercial success, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact while continuing to develop your career in category management.
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About Sofina
Sofina Foods is more than just a food company. It’s a place where you can grow your career, learn new skills, and make a positive impact.
With a wide range of meat and seafood products that delight consumers worldwide, Sofina Foods is always looking for talented and passionate people to join its team of over 13,000 employees across 40 sites in Canada and Europe.
At Sofina Foods, you will be part of a culture that values innovation, quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction. You will work with diverse and delicious products that are sourced responsibly and sustainably from over 50 different protein sources from 5 continents.
Our vision is to be the most successful food company in the world. If you are looking for a rewarding and exciting career in the food sector, Sofina Foods is the place for you.
Equal Opportunities
Sofina Foods is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences – regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
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