Category Manager

Job Title: Category Manager

About the role:

The Category Development Manager will spearhead the development and execution of a multi-year roadmap aimed at driving significant category growth across various channels and customers. This role requires strategic ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and a data-driven approach to ensure Diageo Ireland remains at the forefront of industry practices.

What are we looking for:

• An innovative leader with a proven track record of developing and landing category growth strategies within the FMCG industry. A strategic attitude and ability to navigate complex market dynamics enabling you to develop and implement differentiated growth roadmaps that drive significant market share gains.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to use insights and data to inform decision-making and optimize performance.
• A collaborative nature with the ability to lead cross-functional teams effectively, aligning diverse collaborators around common goals.
• Ability to fostering innovation, ensuring that product pipelines are both data-driven and aligned with market realities.
• Experience in managing customer relationships across varied channels combined with the skills needed to influence and drive category priorities.
• As a future-fit leader, you are committed to continuous learning and applying global practices to maintain Diageo Ireland's competitive edge.
• Ability to excel at nurturing talent, creating an environment where individuals can thrive and reach their full potential.
• A passion for excellence and ability to inspire others make you an invaluable asset in leading Diageo's category growth agenda!

Role Responsibilities:

• Strategic Roadmap Development: Lead the creation of a differentiated 3+ year category growth strategy tailored by customer and channel.
• Performance Management: Oversee in-year category performance, identifying necessary course corrections to achieve targets.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Guide a cross-functional team to align on annual priorities during customer range reviews, collaborating closely with Revenue Growth Management (RGM) to optimize assortment management.
• Innovation Partnership: Drive the category growth agenda with the innovation team, ensuring that the pipeline is aligned with insights and market realities.
• Insight & Data Utilization: Develop an insight-centric reporting suite to inform the design, differentiation, and delivery of category plans across channels.
• External Insight Leadership: Lead external category insight initiatives using an "Outside In" approach.

Future Fit Leadership:

• Integrate global FMCG industry insights to maintain Diageo Ireland's position as a leader in best-in-class Category Development practices.
• Manage diverse collaborators across varied channels and customer landscapes to lead and influence effectively.
• Foster talent development within teams to ensure a robust future talent

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.