Category and Insights Executive - Leeds
Hybrid working with regular travel
Competitive salary, up to 12% bonus and excellent benefits package
This is a great time to join Birds Eye part of Nomad Foods, Europe's largest frozen food company. A family favourite since 1946 when the first frozen peas were produced, Birds Eye is the leading frozen food brand in the UK and is synonymous with high quality, great tasting food. Birds Eye has been providing healthy, natural, freshly frozen food for generations. It is committed to bringing consumers quality food that can be enjoyed at every meal, every day, by everybody. Birds Eye has some ambitious targets to deliver for 2024 and needs someone who is motivated by that ambition on board to support our plans to deliver.
About the position
Reporting to the Category Controller, joining us as the Category and Insights Executive you'll be responsible for the creation of weekly and monthly reports, utilising data from a variety of sources (such as Neilson & Kantar) turning market and retailer data into actionable insights. You'll develop a working knowledge of the Frozen Food Category, including market segmentation and trends to enable more effective reporting, sharing category reports across the Category Development team, and to internal stakeholder where actions can be taken.
This role is a great foundation for learning the ropes of Category Management; you will be able to build strategic relationships with commercial, Revenue Growth Management and Marketing teams & be a pivotal contact in providing the necessary insight reports to make key business decisions.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Analysis of monthly data sources (EPOS/Kantar/Nielsen/Loyalty data)
- Provide Category Reporting Excellence with efficient and smart reports that enable the key factual performance insights.
- Creation of distribution and gap analysis reports to enable the team to identify and realising distribution and ranging opportunities.
- Working with the wider teams to turn trends and insights into commercial opportunities.
- Work closely retailer specific data agencies to become a reporting super user where relevant.
- Use data analysis to show evaluation of market and category performance specifically around NPD and Range Review analysis.
About You
To be considered for the role, you will have to demonstrate the following:
- Previous experience of working in a similar role withing FMCG/Retail environment. (You are comfortable in a fast-paced environment and able to manage changing priorities)
- You're good with data, you're analytical, curious, and inquisitive mindset.
- Experience in deriving insights from data (either through working with a data agency or in an insights role).
- Previous FMCG experience would be desirable, as long as you're able to work at pace and quickly understand the actions that need to be taken.
- You're organised, a confident communicator and have the ability to present ideas, data, & insights
- Have a basic understanding of the principles of Category Management
What we offer you
We're on an exceptional adventure and can offer a truly purpose led career with flexibility. In addition, you will benefit from the below:
- An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
- The potential to progress your career across different areas of Birds Eye and Nomad Foods
- A culture where your part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference.
At Nomad Foods we're proud to represent the world we serve by hiring diverse talent. Our inclusive culture is all about what we can achieve together.