Category Strategy Manager

3 weeks ago


Newmarket ON, Canada Tegel Foods Ltd Full time

We have an exciting opportunity to embark on your journey as a Category Strategy Manager for our head-office based in Newmarket. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, communicating, and executing insight-led plans and initiatives for your portfolios that align with the Tegel commercial strategy and optimise business performance.

Reporting to the Category Strategy Lead, this role plays a strategic and operational role in the business, working closely with the Sales & Marketing teams and across the broader business through key processes such as NPD development, Sales and Operations Planning, Customer Engagement and Annual Financial Planning. This is a fantastic opportunity to be a part of a strong and close-knit retail team where you will be empowered to influence broad scope of decisions and make positive contribution to your portfolio management.

A day in the life of Category Strategy Manager 

  • Deliver annual Category plans that align to the commercial strategy and drive long-term Category growth.
  • Deliver annual 4Ps plans that align to strategy and maximise category and business performance.
  • Own and manage 4Ps for your categories, using multiple data points to provide fact and insight-based guidelines for short- and long-term plans.
  • Identify gaps and opportunities by providing action-oriented category/shopper insights, analytics, and recommendations, both internally and externally.
  • Proactively identify business opportunities outside of retailers' range review cycles.
  • Develop strong relationships with retailer partners by providing a total category approach to retailer recommendations, with valued insights, analytics, and strategies.
  • Ensure strategic and pricing alignment across all touchpoints in store.
  • Be the main point of contact for scan and retailer loyalty data agencies.

What will you bring?

  • A business degree or relevant qualification with 5 years+ FMCG experience in a Sales or Category role.
  • Excellent analytical skills and commercial acumen.
  • Strong influencing and leadership skills with the ability to develop strong cross-functional relationships.

What is in it for you?

We pride ourselves on finding the best people to join our diverse team and in return we are offering you:

  • Competitive remuneration
  • Life & Medical Insurance
  • Staff sales on our products
  • Carpark

About the company

Tegel Foods Ltd is an iconic New Zealand brand with a long history of producing a wide variety of high-quality products delivered throughout New Zealand. We are proud to be helping families eat well every day. Staying at the top of our game and meeting those high standards means we need great people in every part of our business to continually keep running at optimum levels. 

If this role is of interest to you, please visit our careers site and submit your application. Be quick to apply as applications will close as soon as we find the right fit

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