Food to go Category Manager

Our client:

• Extremely successful, market leading food retailer with significant turnover.
• Highly commercial environment with a fast-paced culture focused on exceeding customer expectations.
• This Food To Go Category Manager role is ideal for an individual who wants to progress their career in a growing retailer and has experience of developing food to go products and propositions from concept o execution across stores
• Excellent Flexible working - 3 days a week in the office and the rest from home (offer flexible hours) The role:
• The successful Food To Go Category Manager will play a key role developing and commercializing new food to go concepts across hot food, coffee & bakery supporting business growth through the roll out of new food and beverage propositions and products that delight customers.
• The Food To Go Category Manager will source and negotiate new ingredients and packaging that brings new products and propositions to life. This includes, pricing, promotions and operational efficiency's
• In the role the Food To Go Category Manager will have excellent operational understanding to ensure that these concepts are profitable and viable operationally
• The Food To Go Category Manager will work with property operations and training teams to define and roll out operational standards and in store execution to ensure the concepts and products are successfully launched across store
• The Food To Go Category Manager will manage trials and test and learn projects to continually evolve and shape the offering.
• The Food To Go Category Manager will be responsible for measuring and reviewing the commercial performance of new concepts and products and will take appropriate steps to ensure commercial objectives are delivered
• The Food To Go Category Manager will be responsible for evolving and developing the propositions to ensure customer and commercial KPI's are delivered. Ideal candidate:
• You will have experience in creating, developing, sourcing, executing and rolling out of food and drink concepts and products. This will be gained from food retail, hospitality, or leisure sectors. This needs to be across food to go , coffee and bakery concepts. You may be a buyer who enjoys developing and creating new products
• For the Food To Go Category Manager role it is essential to be able demonstrate excellent project management skills and be able to spin multiple plates, organization and attention to detail are key for this role and you will be able to bring creative thinking and ideas along with excellent data and insights skills.
• You will have a high level of commerciality experience and thrive working in a collaborative fast paced environment with lots of cross functional working.
• You will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate high lives of engagement and bringing various functions on the journey to deliver results
• The Food To Go Category Manager will be a proactive, self motivated individual who delivers results in a fast paced environment. Benefits & details:
• You will thrive in a matrix blue chip structure that is down to earth and personable.
• Up to £70,000 base salary + car allowance, bonus and benefits
• Location – 3 days a week in the office and the rest from home also offer flexible hours
  Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/17001/7. Confidentiality assured. Whilst we would like to respond to all our online applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive. If you do not hear back within 14 days unfortunately the relevant consultant has decided not to progress with your application. For alternative opportunities please search our vacancies on our website.