Category & Pricing Manager

Job Opportunity: Category & Pricing Manager – 10 month FTC

Company: Body & Fit

Location: Amsterdam

Who We Are

We are Body&Fit, on a mission to inspire the world to live a fitter and healthier life. We’ve been in the nutrition industry since 1995 and are now a proud market leader, bringing innovative sports nutrition and healthy living, expert advice, and world class service to the world. Alongside our active community, we help keep the world moving.

In 2017, Body&Fit joined Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN), a world leader in innovation and new product development with a rich heritage in the sports nutrition industry. As a Direct to Consumer (D2C) business, we’re a vital part of the GPN network, supplying the full range of products and services across its extensive brand portfolio, which includes Optimum Nutrition, SlimFast, Amazing Grass, Nutramino, BSN, Isopure, think!

The Opportunity

The Category & Pricing Manager plays a key role in managing and executing price and promotion strategy across all brand groups and categories. This position is responsible for optimizing promotional activities, conducting regular performance assessments, and driving strategic decisions to ensure competitive pricing, market growth, and alignment with business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Category Portfolio management
  • Ensure category portfolio performance meets business objectives and drive action to address underperforming segments.
  • Analyze and monitor the performance of key product categories, identifying trends, gaps, and growth opportunities.
  • Leverage available data sources to conduct detailed analysis on brand and portfolio performance.
• Pricing Guidelines for All Brand Groups and Categories:
  • Develop, maintain, and implement pricing guidelines for various product categories and brand groups.
  • Ensure pricing consistency across different channels and markets, factoring in competitive dynamics, cost structures, and profitability goals.
  • Monitor competitor pricing across key categories and brands.
• Promotional strategy:
  • Manage the annual trade calendar, collaborating with internal teams (sales, marketing, supply chain) to ensure all promotions and initiatives are strategically aligned.
  • Assess the effectiveness of trade promotions, including ROI and customer engagement and optimize accordingly .
  • Provide post-promotion reports, suggesting improvements for future campaigns.
• Daily Monitoring & Performance Action:
  • Monitor daily sales, inventory levels, and trade activities across categories and brands.
  • Take proactive actions to address performance issues and optimize outcomes, adjusting pricing and promotional strategies as necessary.
• Team management:
  • Lead and inspire the pricing specialist and the pricing intern on a daily basis

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or related field (Master's degree is a plus)
• Proven experience (5+ years) in pricing strategy, trade marketing, or commercial operations
• Strong analytical skills, with proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Nielsen, Excel, Tableau)
• Experience in e-commerce and digital marketing channels
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Detail-oriented, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
• Strategic thinking and category analysis.
• Data-driven decision-making
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What We Would Like To Offer You

Join our global organization for a rewarding career, where you'll be part of an ambitious and fun international team. Enjoy the freedom to create your own nutrition formula with a staff discount on our GPN (Body&Fit) products!

Our Blended Working approach offers flexibility, allowing you to work both from home and the office.

Be among the first to try exciting new products during regular product tasting sessions at our state-of-the-art Amsterdam facilities. Similarly, whilst working from the office, savour the wide range of healthy B&F snacks on offer.

Are we the right fit for you?

Our business is growing, and we need people like you to grow with us and become part of our inspiring, dynamic, fast-paced company.

Life is way too short to waste anyone’s time so there are a few things that we would like to be upfront about:

• Politics, intrigue, gossip. We’re just way too busy for all that nonsense!
• Slow moving, corporate environment. We move pretty quickly here so we don’t have room for passengers.
• Hiding in the background. If we’re to grow together we want you to step up and tell us how to do it. We need your voice!

We're excited to support your growth and well-being as part of our dynamic team!

Please note: To be eligible for this position you need to have a valid working visa / permit to work in the Netherlands.