PIE Recruitment
Senior Category Manager – Leading Consumer Goods Brand
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Senior Category Manager – Leading Consumer Goods Brand
Leeds
£60,000 - £70,000
5% bonus
Matched Pension up to 7%
Bupa Cash plan
25 days holiday – buy up 5 days
Who They Are
Our client is an established and growing consumer business with a strong reputation for creating products that resonate with customers and retail partners alike. They combine creativity with commercial rigour and continue to invest in product innovation, category growth and long-term customer relationships. It's a business where experienced product leaders can make a visible impact and help shape what comes next.
A senior category leadership role with genuine influence. This is an opportunity to shape product strategy across a sizeable consumer portfolio, lead a talented team and have a direct impact on commercial performance.
You'll own the full product and range agenda, from insight and range architecture through to pricing, profitability and launch. The role offers plenty of variety, combining strategic thinking with hands-on commercial decision-making, while giving you the platform to influence senior stakeholders across creative, commercial and supply functions.
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If you enjoy turning customer insight and data into successful products, while leading people and driving performance, this is the sort of role that keeps things interesting.
What You'll Be Doing
- Defining and delivering product and range strategies across a substantial SKU portfolio, ensuring strong commercial performance and customer relevance.
- Leading product development from concept through launch, working closely with creative, commercial, procurement and supply teams.
- Owning range architecture, pricing strategy, profitability and lifecycle management to maximise sales and margin opportunities.
- Managing and developing a team of Product & Range professionals while driving better processes and ways of working.
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What You'll Need to Bring
- Significant product development and range management experience within FMCG or a fast-paced consumer products environment.
- A track record of building commercially successful product ranges and delivering against clear financial targets.
- Strong leadership capability with experience managing, coaching and developing high-performing teams.
- Excellent commercial judgement, analytical skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and external customers.
If this sounds like the perfect next step for you, reach out today at george.robinson@pie-recruitment.com or give me a call on 07885 484489. Don’t wait, this opportunity won’t be available for long.
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