Category Manager - Foodservice & Convenience

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Slough (Head Office

We operate a dynamic working model built on trust, choice and balance. Colleagues typically connect in person 3 days per week, as we know the best ideas and relationships grow when we collaborate side by side.
We also offer Dynamic Friday Hours, giving colleagues the opportunity to flex their time and finish early on a Friday, where the role allows.

Join our snack-loving team
Were looking for a Category Manager to join us at KP Snacks. If youre ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you this could be your next big move.

About the role

Were looking for a confident and collaborative Category Manager to join our Marketing function and help shape the future of snacking across Foodservice and Convenience. In this role, youll develop insight-led category solutions that grow the category and strengthen KP Snacks physical availability. Youll bring the voice of the customer into our business, championing shopper needs and guiding our decision-making.

Youll work closely with colleagues across Category, Sales and Marketing to deliver strategic category plans, embed our Impulse Category Vision and support the development of customer-facing materials. This is a great opportunity to make a real impact in a fast-paced, supportive environment and to help drive our mission to bring great-tasting snacks to more people, in more moments.

Whats in it for you?
We believe in rewarding our colleagues and helping them thrive. Heres a flavour of what we offer:

• Competitive annual salary

• Annual bonus scheme, with a strong track record of overachievement

• Comprehensive healthcare support including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors second opinion service and specialist cancer care

• KP Pension Plan contribution matching up to 7% of your salary

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more

• KP4ME our online platform for benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more

What will you be doing?

• Proactively lead customer category partnerships
  Build strong, trusted relationships across customer teams and provide best-in-class category insight, reporting and recommendations

• Proactively drive our Foodservice category agenda
  Shape strategic priorities, share internal and external insights and own the creation and delivery of our Foodservice and Convenience guides

• Embed customer insight across KP Snacks
  Bring customer learnings into our commercial cycle, support cross-functional teams and help Sales access and use category data confidently

• Manage multiple data sources to create clear category stories
  Become an expert user of key insight platforms and be able to own and deliver the insight for internal and external stakeholders

• Support strategic commercial projects
  In 2026, champion the Impulse customer within the Nuts Commercial Project, contributing to key growth initiatives and customer sell-ins

Who are we?
Were KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. Across more than 30 countries, over 15,000 of us work together to make the snacks people love from Hula Hoops to McCoys. In the UK, were a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. Were proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.

Were committed to inclusion
Were building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you dont tick every box, wed still love to hear from you your unique perspective could be just what we need. xbpsjku And if theres anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.

Wed love to hear from you if you can bring:

• Skilled in interpreting data, identifying opportunities and quickly turning insight into clear commercial recommendations

• Confident working with Nielsen, Circana, Bidview or similar platforms

• Comfortable managing multiple data sources with exceptional attention to detail

• Able to influence at all levels, present with ease and build productive internal and external partnerships in a collaborative way

• Able to juggle multiple customers and projects while staying focused on strategic goals

• Knowledge of Foodservice or Convenience is highly desirable

• Bring an energetic and positive attitude in all that you do

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