Category Executive

Passionate about data and insights? We are on the lookout for a Category Executive to join our amazing sales team and provide some brilliant insights from a wide and varied data set.

You will have a hard working, positive, collaborate approach to the job and be able to confidently present your findings to external and internal stakeholders. 

Key responsibilities:

• Translate data and analytics into actionable insights for both internal and customer use.
• Provide analytical support in the development of category plans.
• Manage monthly category reporting and presenting to multiple level stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining relationships and working collaboratively with retailers to maintain reputation and presence.
• Contribute in supporting the long term plan and brand planning process.
• Maintain relationships with nominated retailers though range and category reviews, highlighting category opportunities from category strategy and drivers.

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt.

We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.