About the role

Are you driven by results, have a creative flair, and a passion for the customer?

If so, a role within our fast-paced team could be perfect for you!

This role supports category plans and growth campaigns to increase market share, drive revenue, and help our customers make their lives easier while growing their businesses.

You will provide the Category Team with invaluable insight into market trends and consumer/customer needs to drive our product and category strategies. You’ll bring a creative flair to identifying growth opportunities and developing category management plans that deliver the right product range to the right customer—meeting both customer and business needs.

Your category plans will incorporate our commercial strategy, supporting both our Own Brand and Branded business, while integrating our various channels and sectors. You’ll take ownership of category collateral assets and oversee their execution through the Campaign & Activation team. The role will be working cross functionally with several other departments both internally and externally including Buying, Marketing, Technical, Sales teams and Suppliers.

A bit about you…

• You’re confident in analysing and interpreting data to identify trends and opportunities
• You’re a strong relationship builder and can communicate effectively with various stakeholders
• You have excellent influencing skills
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are comfortable meeting deadlines
• Creativity and ‘thinking outside the box’ are key—you demonstrate innovation daily, inspiring colleagues and customers to adopt new ways of working
• Lastly, a relevant degree or category management experience is required for this role, and a passion for food is a definite advantage

A bit about us…

We are a leading wholesale food distributor and the preferred supplier for over 60,000 customers across the UK—ranging from hotels to pubs, schools to restaurants, care homes, and everything in between. In this fast-paced business, no two days are the same. Our ultimate goal is to keep our customers at the heart of everything we do. We believe in our food, and we know that our people are essential to our success.

This role is based at our Head Office in Slough, with some homeworking and occasional travel required.

About us

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) as a minimum and the opportunity to buy more
• A pension - contribute 4% and we’ll match you (after year 1, we’ll match your contributions up to 6%).
• Life cover that you can increase.
• Access to confidential support and counselling, when you need it.
• A health plan that gives you money back on everyday medical costs for all the family, as well as access to a digital GP.

• Exclusive range of high street discounts including cinema, tech, travel, fashion, food and drink.
• Get paid as you earn - access to up to 20% of your pay before payday.
• Opportunity to buy dental cover and critical illness cover.