Pursuit Resources Group
The Opportunity
- Join a market-leading premium food brand with ambitious growth plans.
- As the Category & Insight Manager, you will lead the innovation agenda and identify opportunities beyond the brand's core categories.
- Use consumer, shopper, and category insights to shape a commercially successful innovation pipeline.
- Work closely with senior leadership to influence strategic business decisions.
- Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the office.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead innovation projects from opportunity identification through to launch.
- Use consumer, shopper, and category insights to uncover trends, whitespace, and innovation opportunities.
- Develop and refine product concepts, propositions, and innovation pipelines.
- Design and manage consumer testing programmes to validate concepts and support innovation decisions.
- Build compelling business cases and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
- Partner with Marketing, Commercial, NPD, and Operations teams to deliver successful innovation projects.
- Support stage-gate processes and ensure projects remain commercially viable.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience in an innovation-focused FMCG role, ideally within food.
- Strong background in concept development, consumer insight, and consumer testing.
- Experience identifying and developing opportunities in new or adjacent categories.
- Ability to turn consumer insight into commercially successful innovation.
- Strong project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Commercially minded with excellent analytical capability.
- Degree educated or equivalent experience.
About You
- A highly motivated Category & Insight Manager with a passion for innovation and growth.
- Curious, creative and consumer obsessed.
- Passionate about uncovering opportunities and bringing innovative ideas to life.
- Confident influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Excited by the challenge of building and shaping future innovation opportunities.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Bonus scheme of up to 5% paid twice yearly.
- Generous car allowance.
- 25 days holiday, increasing with service.
- 4% employer pension contribution.
- MediCash Health Insurance.
- Quarterly product samples, company events, and additional perks.
Additional Information
- Due to the office location, applicants must be able to commute by car 3 days per week.
- Free on-site parking available.
Apply Now
If you're an experienced Category & Insight Manager looking to drive innovation, develop consumer-led concepts and shape the future growth of a leading food brand, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now to be considered for this exciting innovation opportunity.
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