Category Strategy & Planning Director

Category Strategy & Planning Director

Glanbia  

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey 

The Opportunity 

Glanbia Performance Nutrition’s purpose is to inspire people everywhere to achieve their performance goals! We are the world’s leading premium sports nutrition company with Optimum Nutrition, BSN, ABB, Isopure and Nutramino brands in the portfolio today.

We are a Global company with a presence in NA, EU and International. With this growth ambition comes significant and rapid change, both organizationally and strategically.

This role will be a key part of GPN UK’s leadership team. This person will engage closely with the Sales, Customer Operations and Marketing teams. The role’s aim is to drive revenue for the organisation and develop strong brand awareness and successful marketing campaigns. 

The role will report to General Manager UK and will manage a team of commercial planning, category & shopper management specialists. The role will be based in London.

Category Strategy

• Own the short to long term category growth strategy, identifying the drivers of growth and ensuring our brand and commercial team are set up to deliver against this. Build a category story and articulate and partner with retailers to customise accordingly.
• Embed category strategy at the heart of GPN UK
• Define & lead go to market for brand plans, develop concept sells for the brands, identify gaps and development recommendations to meet brand targets.
• Partner with sales team to sell effectively to retailers.
• Lead 3Y Strategy planning for total GPN

Shopper Marketing

• Own the brands instore developing cutting edge shopper activation to win at point of purchase. Lead the team to deliver brilliant execution on display & fixture & Glanbia wins vs competition.

Data & insight

• Own all retailer data & EPOS & resulting insight. Also own trade landscape (what are consumers doing in store)
• Provides expertise in markets trends and data and provides proactive insight for the commercial and brand team on future opportunities.
• Owns the drumbeat of reporting & analytics shared to business to measure & track performance.

Share & reapply

• Be the expert for total GPN and share and reapply insights across our Glanbia markets.
• Acts as the go-to person for broader data and insight requests for the UK market.

Bespoke projects

• Owns key strategic innovation retail projects and launches that require multifunctional support.

 The Skills you will bring to the team

• Leadership - able to envision the multifunctional team (sales, marketing, supply) behind commercial and category opportunities, and then engage, energize and enable the team to execute the plan. Able to establish a process that enables better execution, stakeholder management & capacity within the team.
• Strategic – insight focused to deliver coherence between short, medium, long term plans within the market strategy
• Influencing & relationship builder – able to secure buy in from all levels (from leadership to peers to internal and external teams) within the organization behind strategy & required execution.
• Operates with discipline – well organized, able to implement strategy and project manage to ensure end to end execution
• Results focused – outcome focused with a bias for action
• Adaptable – able to manage ambiguity and balance short term tactics with long term strategy in a constantly changing environment.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please apply!

Where and how you will work  

The opportunity will be based in London with hybrid working arrangements available through our Smart working model which allows you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.  

What we would like to offer you!  

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health plan, competitive salary.  

About Glanbia  

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 6,000 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading products in 130 countries worldwide.  

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability status. 

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.