Strategic Category Manager at Nestlé

Position Summary

Nestlé Waters & Premium Beverages is the world leader in the bottled water market and we’re committed to bottling the very best waters from the source, straight to our customers, via the most advanced and sustainable techniques currently employed. We are also proud to produce some of the UK’s best-loved brands including Buxton, SanPellegrino, Perrier and Nestlé Pure Life.  We have a genuine passion for Water and Healthy Beverages a fabulous portfolio of brands, a clear Premium Beverage strategy and a determination to win in the marketplace of both consumers and customers
We have a great opportunity for a Strategic Category Manager to join our Commercial Development Team (CDT) to help shape market winning plans pack promotion and pricing strategy and channel strategy for our Waters & Healthy Beverages brands across a range of customers.

A day in the life of a Strategic Category Manager …

In this fast paced, challenging environment, you will be a trusted Strategic category expert. The role will build shopper lead action plans to win share and out-think, influence and execute the competition. You will develop, integrate and Commercialise the Brand and Channel Priorities to contribute to our overall share, organic growth and profit growth.

Key responsibilities of this role will include: .

• Work with the Category Development team to commercialise channel strategy and priorities and lead the creation of the Picture of Success recommendations (5 P’s)
• Support the Strategic Revenue Management planning and execution agenda within the business to continue our journey of driving profitable growth and external share winning plans
• Support in identifying priority channels for the Category/Brand and develop tailored Category Channel plans in line with overall market strategy.
• Contribute to the Integrated Commercial Planning (ICP) process by identifying the key opportunities and possible shopper lead action plans for the Category/Brand.
• Support in developing winning commercial propositions for the category/Brand, effectively communicating these to customers, the sales team and field sales managers through sells, CPs etc.
• Play a key role in a cross functional team in Commercialisation of NPD and pack format recommendations and Picture of success (5ps) recommendations