Category Manager - FMCG

Category Manager - High Street, Forecourts & Convenience
Slough (Head Office)

Please note that this is not a Procurement role.

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
We’re looking for a Category Manager to join us at KP Snacks. If you’re 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.

Who are we?
We’re 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 McCoy’s. In the UK, we’re a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. We’re proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.

About the role

We’re looking for a confident and collaborative Category Manager to join our Marketing function and help shape the future of snacking across High Street, Forecourts, and Convenience. In this role, you’ll develop insight-led category solutions that grow the category and strengthen KP Snacks’ physical availability. You’ll bring the voice of the customer into our business, championing shopper needs and guiding our decision-making.

You’ll 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.

What’s in it for you?
We believe in rewarding our colleagues and helping them thrive. Here’s a flavour of what we offer:

• Competitive annual salary, annual salary review and annual bonus opportunity (target 5%), plus a £5,500 business needs car allowance.

• KP Pension Plan with up to 7% matched contributions

• 25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to five additional days, plus additional holiday after five years’ service

• Comprehensive healthcare including Single Cover Private Healthcare, Health Cash Plan, Digital GP and Employee Assistance Programme

• Electric Vehicle Car Scheme, supporting more sustainable and cost-effective travel

• KP4ME benefits platform with discounts, cashback and wellbeing support

• Enhanced family-friendly policies to support colleagues at every stage of life

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 support our High Street, Forecourts and Convenience category agenda
  Help shape channel priorities, share internal and external insights, and support the creation and delivery of our High Street, Forecourts and Convenience category guides and recommendations.

• 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 Distribution Commercial Project, contributing to key growth initiatives and customer sell‑ins

We’d 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, 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 High Street, Forecourts & Convenience is highly desirable

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

Our purpose
At KP Snacks, we're passionate about creating happy snacking moments through our great tasting snacks and iconic brands. Every day, millions of people enjoy our products, including Hula Hoops, McCoy's, KP Nuts, Tyrrells, Skips, POM-BEAR and Butterkist, making us one of the UK's leading snack manufacturers.

For decades, we've been delighting consumers by combining well-loved favourites with exciting innovations that reflect changing tastes and expectations. We're equally passionate about our people and committed to creating a workplace where everyone can grow, develop and make a real impact.

As part of the Intersnack Group, one of the world's leading snack manufacturers, we combine global expertise with a shared commitment to creating happy snacking moments every day.

We’re committed to inclusion
We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you – your unique perspective could be just what we need. And if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.

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