Position Snapshot

Business Area: Nestlé UK & Ireland - Confectionery

Confectionery Head of Category & Channel Development

Location: York - Hybrid working

Attractive Salary + car allowance + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + other fantastic benefits

Although this is a full-time permanent opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discussing individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Category & Channel Development to join our Nestlé Confectionery UK team to lead and develop a team of 20 including Customer Category Leads and Customer Category Managers to effectively influence Customers thinking and actions by unlocking the Category and Channel opportunities identified within the Strategies.

As part of the Nestlé Confectionery UK team, you could be working with some of the world’s best-known and most-loved brands, many of which have been enjoyed for generations. We strive to put the consumer at the heart of everything we do and deliver the best-tasting and most permissible treats for consumers day after day.

A day in the life of a Head of Category & Development …

Reporting into the Commecial Development Team Director, your role will be to lead and develop the omnichannel category strategy to drive incremental growth for the category & Nestlé UK, by clearly defining "where to play & how to win". An Ambassador of leading the category agenda both internally and externally, you will support flawless execution by identifying opportunities to create a win-win scenario for consumers, shoppers and customers.

Key responsibilities of this role will include:

• Lead the translation of the Zone Category strategy into a UK&I strategy with identified and quantified opportunities and required activities to unlock the drivers.

• Lead the omni-Channel thinking to enable Channel Managers to write commercial plans that unlock the Category and commercial opportunities.

• Lead broader business improvement opportunities which impact brand and sales performance at the point of purchase. E.g visual impact and rotation challenges.

• Coach and develop the CCM team to fully contribute to being a highly effective team internally (bringing the outside inside) and externally within Customers across their own Channel/format footprint

• Land the I&R to pre agreed levels across the defined channels and Customers to fuel Category growth

• Deliver effective Customer relationships ahead of the competition

• Drive distribution, range, space and placement to deliver effective growth at the Point of Purchase

What will make you successful?

An energised and results driven individual, you will have an ability to connect insights and build them into credible commercial strategies that get executed across teams internally and externally. Working as part of an effective multi Channel and Customer focused team, you will understand the needs and nuances between the channels to ensure differentiation supports the execution model of the Customer and shopper.

Other key skills and experience include:

• Great leadership of diverse teams, collaborative approach and practiced influencer

• ‘Technical’ depth in a combination of Category development, Sales, Marketing is essential

• Familiar with Grocery and the Out of Home landscape including contract catering

• The ability to credibly engage internally and externally at senior levels

• The ability to work collaboratively through impact and influence across a wide variety of teams, functions and cultures

Why Nestlé?

Across Nestlé, we are creating an environment where we all feel we belong, we are the best we can be, and we win together. We want people to feel they can be themselves, dare greatly and believe their best is yet to come.

We will actively encourage you to gain different experiences in a wide range of roles across both Category Sales and Marketing. We want our people to have the breadth and depth of experience and as a result access fantastic career opportunities which could lead to a wide range of exciting roles both in the UK and across other markets.

Supported by our industry leading eBusiness and Sales Academies which develops you in all aspects of eCommerce, customer and category management, you truly can achieve your full potential whatever that might mean for you.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Job advert closing date 30/08/2024

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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