Overview

The role is responsible for delivering end-to-end Category Management analytics and insights for the UK Snacks/Grains business as part of the Global Business Services (GBS) organization. Operating as a strategic partner to the UK Category and Commercial teams, the role enables accelerated category and customer growth through high-quality assortment, space, and performance analytics.

The position plays a critical role in translating complex internal and external data into clear, commercially relevant growth stories, supporting retailer engagement, joint business planning, and category decision-making. The role combines strong analytical execution with business storytelling, stakeholder partnership, and continuous improvement of Category Management delivery within the Center of Excellence.

Responsibilities

Category Management & Commercial Analytics
- Execute Category Management analytics for the UK Snacks/Grains category in line with agreed service charters and SLAs
- Support assortment and space analysis to identify whitespace opportunities, range optimization levers, and shelf productivity improvements across key UK retailers
- Support in creating customer-specific growth stories and performance narratives to support world-class retailer engagement and category selling
- Deliver periodic and ad-hoc Customer Business Reviews, translating data into clear insights, implications, and recommended actions
Business Insight & Performance Explanation
- Explain category, customer, and brand performance by synthesizing multiple data sources and incorporating market context beyond the data
- Diagnose performance drivers, risks, and optimization opportunities across channels, customers, competitors, and emerging players
- Provide deep-dive responses to follow-up business questions, creating clear tables, visuals, and insight-led narratives
Stakeholder Partnership & Delivery Excellence
Process Improvement & Capability Building
- Contribute to the development and refinement of Category Management and Reporting COE processes, including workflow mapping and bottleneck resolution
- Drive simplification, standardization, and digitization initiatives in collaboration with global and sector stakeholders
- Incorporate regular feedback from end users and business partners to continuously improve outputs, processes, and ways of working

Qualifications

Strong foundation in category management (range reviews, assortment, space planning) and understanding of distribution/shelf KPIs
Solid analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insights
Ability to manage end-to-end delivery of projects with ownership of timelines and quality
Good problem-solving skills, able to structure and work through ambiguous situations
Clear communication and storytelling skills to present insights in a simple, structured way
Effective stakeholder management, with the ability to collaborate across teams and drive alignment
Learning agility with a focus on applying new skills, tools and best practices to improve outcomes

Associate Manager - Category Management