Senior Manager, Category Strategy Based in Uxbridge, with hybrid working available **£competitive salary + Bonus OTE 10%, benefit car (EV options) or £8600 car allowance, competitive DC pension; sharescheme option and lots of other flex benefit options.**Are you ready to elevate your commercial and category management experience to new heights? Do you have previous senior category management strategy experience in the FMCG industry? As the Senior Manager for Category Strategy, you will play a crucial role in building a world-class category capability and strategy within the GB CCEP commercial organisation across all GB environments. Leveraging the scale of our portfolio of brands, shopper research, and consumer insights, you will help CCEP maintain their leadership position in the category with our customers. At CCEP, we are proud to be a leading organisation in providing excellence in the Advantage survey. We are responsible for making, moving, and selling some of the world's best-known brands. Working closely with the Director of Category Development, you will hold a senior strategic role and manage a small team. Your responsibilities will include partnering with external franchisors and customers, as well as internal teams in Commercial Development and Key Accounts. By fostering these partnerships, you will drive growth through a category-centric mindset. Key Responsibilities and Deliverables: Develop a 3+ year roadmap for CCEP Category Strategy.- Identify white space opportunities across Home & Away from Home customers.- Deploy and tailor Category Vision with customers during Annual Business Planning.- Translate shopper and consumer insights into Channel Strategies.- Define the CCEP Category focus areas and the tools required to build capability.- Support Field Sales deployment of Commercial Strategy with relevant content and capability upskilling.- Build a culture of capability acceleration and best practice sharing across the CCEP system and markets. If you have this experience we would love you to apply: Broad experience in senior commercial and strategic category development roles within FMCG Excellent knowledge of the GB market and category.- Strong analytical skills, with in-depth knowledge of Nielsen, CGA, Kantar, and other leading data providers.- Drive for innovation and change, always seeking to achieve the next level of Category Development.- Strong listening skills and the ability to build cross-business and country connections.- Ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups.- Demonstrated passion, ownership, and resilience for growing the category.- Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills. If you are ready to make a significant impact in the category strategy space and contribute to the success of our global organisation, we invite you to apply for the position of Senior Manager, Category Strategy at CCEP. Join us in shaping the future of our brands and driving growth through strategic category management. To find out more about what it's like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider.Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is a major fast-moving consumer goods business and the world's largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. We're a dedicated team of 33,200 people, serving 2 million customers in 29 countries. We make, sell and distribute the world's most loved drinks brands - including Coca-Cola®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Costa Coffee® and Monster®. We've also expanded into alcohol with ready to drink Jack Daniel's and Coca-Cola. We want a workforce that is as diverse as our products – with a culture that fosters belonging and inclusivity. From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we've got some way to go, but we'll get there with the support of our people. It's them who drive our future growth. We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that's true for you – please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio. #A