Senior Category Development and eCommerce Manager

Senior Category Development and eCommerce Manager

12-month FTC

Woking - Hybrid

Competitive salary, car allowance & up to 25% bonus and benefits

About the role

Category Development is a key discipline in Nomad Foods, and is identified on the Flywheel as a key lever of growth plans. The Category Development focus of this role in the Commercial Centre of Expertise is to actively enable our markets to deliver better plans to their retailers.

eCommerce is a key channel of Nomad Foods growth, which has been consistent over the past few years, representing almost 10% of the Nomad Foods business and is a key strategic pillar of the Nomad Foods growth ambition. The eCommerce focus of this role in the Commercial Centre of Expertise is to focus on driving and developing our eCommerce strategy now and for the future (1‑3‑5 years), and to facilitate best practice activities in our markets

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Sales, Marketing, and Strategy/Planning
• Industries: Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Retail, and Food and Beverage Services

Responsibilities

• Rollout of the new Nomad Foods Category Vision – Directly support markets to localise the new Category Vision so they can take to their customers, via toolkits and where appropriate, hands on support
• Own and Champion the Nomad Foods eCommerce strategy with a 3yr horizon, consisting of but not exclusive to:
  • Full Basket Optimisation – ensure Nomad Foods online presence is viewed as ‘best‑in‑class to Win with Retailers and Win with Shoppers
  • Emerging Channels – assess and make recommendations for Nomad Foods presence in eCommerce sub‑channels (with a focus on qCom & Wholesale), where commercially viable and appropriate for MUs
  • Staying Ahead of the curve – understand how Nomad Foods can make commercial gains through innovation and new technologies
• Facilitate Market Communities – Run the Nomad Foods eCommerce Community, ensuring connectivity between markets and central functions and the effective sharing of best practise.
• Drive Capability through eCommerce and Category Development – Raise the bar for eCommerce capability in Nomad Foods, including running the eCommerce learning programme; Own eCommerce Flywheel materials
• Deliver Omnichannel Test and Learn activities – Define how eCommerce and Omnichannel can drive activation of Category Vision and Path to Purchase; Own a pipeline of innovation Test and Learn activities, in‑store and on‑line, supporting markets to activate and sharing learnings
• Ensure budget is planned and spent appropriately, as per agreed AP – Negotiate the best package for Nomad Foods’ eCommerce service providers; including but not exclusive to Data Impact, Brand Nudge and others

About you

The main expectations for this person are to:

• Be able to prioritise tasks and manage workload effectively.
• Be able to facilitate and communicate with a high number of in‑market stakeholders.
• Be effective at working cross‑functionally within Group Commercial and other central function.
• Be focussed on long‑term eCommerce strategy and have a capability driven mindset across both disciplines.
• Have experience of Category Development Strategy and best practices, and be able to see the potential of unlocking Category Development within the eCommerce strategy.

Your background

• Strong FMCG experience is essential.
• Experience of working with retailers within a central role.
• Category development experience both strategic and retail facing.
• eCommerce experience (retail facing) is essential.

What we can offer you

• An ambitious employer with recognised brands and growth potential.
• A culture where you feel part of a team, encouraged to make a difference.
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of the Nomad Foods Group.

We’re on an exceptional adventure and offer a truly purpose led career. We aim to empower each employee and promote their personal growth all the while ensuring business needs are met now and into the future.

Who are we

Headquartered in the UK, with revenues of €2.9 billion and operations in 22 key markets, Nomad Foods is Europe’s leading frozen food company. We are a young company, founded only 10 years ago, and built around a number of iconic brands (including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo and more recently Ledo and Frikom) that invented the frozen category 100 years ago and continue to set the bar for great taste, nutrition, convenience and affordability. Across everything we do, we are guided by our Purpose – Serving the World with Better Food – and how we can make a positive impact on our Performance, People and the Planet.

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.

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