Category Manager, Grocery

Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

Category Development Manager – Grocery - site based (Uxbridge)

What you become part of:

In an increasingly competitive and challenging market place, at CCEP we see the role of the Category Development Manager as pivotal to delivering our business performance. The team's primary objective is to deliver an inspiring and insightful vision for the Soft Drinks category, today and in the future across the various Environments. In order to unlock growth we need our team to be strategic, long term focused, analytical and great influencers to work in partnership with our customers and key internal stakeholders. Reporting in to the Senior Category Manager you will be responsible for the development and implementation of a category strategy to unlock growth potential. CCEP Grocery Category Development is ranked #2 in the Advantage Group Survey and #1 in AFH channels.

What to expect:



Support in the development of a clear vision for the Soft Drinks category, creating a framework for growth with a clear and relevant category strategy across key environments and customers

Develop strategic plans with key accounts that identify opportunities to drive performance

Drive CCEP strategic thinking and value creation story with Retailers by engaging with Buyers, Merchandisers and Category Directors

Land range relays, macro space resets, tenders/ re-negotiations, channel strategy visions and Customer Business Planning Days

Establish and maintain a mutually beneficial customer contact strategy and help broaden our engagement with customers

Work in collaboration with key internal stakeholders (including National Accounts, R&MGM and Insights) to ensure alignment and execution against the category and brand strategies

Ensure delivery of quality category analysis reports, delivering insight to our customers on a regular basis

Manage relationships with external providers (category and customer specific) to ensure we have access to the highest quality data available for our customers and environments.

Drive change by automating range reviews, launch strategic projects such as channel strategy and Platinum store across key customers

Skills & Experience:



Demonstrate passion, proactive ownership and resilience for growing the category

Strong listening and influencing skills at various levels within the organisation and with customers

Ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups

Resilience, determination, and drive are key

Behaviours: Drive for innovation, change, agile, curious mind set, resilience, determination, and drive are key

In-depth knowledge of Nielsen, CGA, Lumina, GfK and other data providers

We are encouraging applications from candidates who have previous experience of collaborating with large customers, are highly numerate and analytical

Previous FMCG Category Management experience and strong knowledge of the Grocery channel is desirable

Application

If this role is of interest to you please upload a recent copy of your CV and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will be in touch.

We believe that equal opportunities means inclusion, diversity and fair treatment for all.

As we have expanded recently into alcohol ready to drink Jack Daniel’s and Coca-Cola we recognise that some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.

We aim to make our recruitment process as comfortable and accessible as possible and would appreciate it if you would advise us of any particular requirements, adjustments or requests you may have to help us ensure that your experience is enjoyable.

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.
We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that’s true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio