Senior Category Development Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Reading, England, United Kingdom

1/14/2025

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Senior Category Development Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

The Senior Category Development Manager is responsible for developing and implementing an effective category management strategy with strategic priority customers, to build a working trade partnership, delivering against CH UK business objectives to sustainably and profitably grow.

Please note this role is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• To tailor category strategies and implement customer category plans with strategic priority retail customers
• To provide actionable insight to retail customers in order to unlock incremental value growth.
• To develop and drive critical external relationships across strategic priority retail customer contacts from Buyers through to Senior Buyers and Merchandising/Planning contacts; adding value to both Bayer and our customers.
• To become a Trusted Advisor with strategic customers and provide winning ideas whilst being an agile can-do partner.
• Responsible for developing and leveraging customer relationships to maximise Bayer’s range, position and shelf space through utilising Category Management principles but also challenging the macro store environment and flow of products.
• To deliver promotional and fixture analysis as well as strategic reviews of the category across the customer base.
• Manage the understanding of competitor intelligence from the retail customer, through both an in-store and market data perspective, breaking down their strategy and allowing Bayer to review their
  
  

key drivers of growth, aligning to Bayer’s Category Visions.

• Internally, optimizing the recommendations and driving business-wide knowledge of which of the levers to use in which customers and at what time to maximise our revenue.
• To own the development and cascade of KPI metrics within the retail customer
• Leading the category agenda and being a pivotal key decision maker within Local Category Teams for lead brands
  
  

Who you are:

• Educated to degree level
• Extensive experience in sales / category management / category insights
• Experience of multiple categories and markets both within FMCG & OTC environments
• Strong understanding of UK retail trade
• Expert In-store Excellence and experience of building strategic category partnerships
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Excellent presenting and analytical skills
• Consultancy and Shopper Research experience
• Strong experience of research dissemination and insight identification
  
  

Be You at Bayer where you have the opportunity to be part of a culture influencing Health for all and Hunger for none.

To achieve our vision, we see reward for all our employees as incredibly important, so here are some of the benefits you will receive as a Bayer employee.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package consisting of an attractive base salary and annual bonus. Individual bonus can also be granted for top performance awards.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private Healthcare, generous pension scheme and Life Insurance
• Wellness programs and support
• Employee discount scheme
• State of the art offices
• International career possibilities
• Flexible and Hybrid working
• Help with home office equipment
• Volunteering days
• Support for professional growth in a wide range of learning and development opportunities
• We welcome and embrace diversity providing an inclusive working environment
  
  

The best possible work-life balance is of great importance to us, which is why we support flexible hybrid working model.

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Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender identity/expression, family status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and without discrimination. We continue to progressively embrace and adopt actions to advance our Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) commitments and aspirations, #ForBetter.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example: dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting the HR Operations Team on hrop_uk@bayer.com .

Workplace adjustments will be made on a case-by-case basis.

At Bayer, sustainability is ingrained in our mission ‘Health for all, hunger for none’, driving our commitment to healthcare and agricultural innovation. We prioritise reducing our environmental footprint, enhancing our social impact, and ensuring sustainable business practices. As part of our team, you'll have opportunities to contribute to various initiatives such as achieving climate neutrality across our facilities by 2030, to improving access to healthcare and nutrition to 100 million underserved people worldwide by 2030. Join us and be part of a culture that values innovation and empowers change, as we strive to shape a healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive world.

Location:

United Kingdom : Berkshire : Reading

Division:

Consumer Health

Reference Code:

837517