Category Specialist

Why Join JDE Peets

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of strategic customer relationships across the convenience and discounter channels while helping shape the future growth of the coffee category.

Youll work closely with Sales Marketing Revenue Growth Management and Category teams partnering directly with customers to deliver insight-led recommendations that drive sales profit and category growth.

This is a highly visible role where your ideas analysis and influence will make a tangible impact on both our customers businesses and our own.

What Youll Be Doing

As Category Specialist youll be responsible for delivering best-in-class category leadership and becoming a trusted advisor to both internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead category strategy and range review initiatives for a portfolio of strategic convenience and discount customers.
• Develop customer-specific category growth plans aligned to both customer objectives and JDE Peets commercial strategy.
• Deliver compelling insight-led recommendations based on shopper market and performance data.
• Analyse promotional effectiveness identifying opportunities to improve return on investment and category performance.
• Influence distribution assortment and space decisions to maximise growth opportunities.
• Create and present engaging category stories to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Produce regular performance reviews action plans and market insight presentations.
• Deliver quarterly coffee market updates covering trends competitors and future opportunities.
• Support annual customer planning cycles and tailored customer brand planning sessions.
• Collaborate closely with Brand Marketing Sales and Category Strategy teams to successfully launch innovation and drive execution excellence.
• Contribute to the development of JDE Peets convenience and discounter growth strategy a key pillar of our future success.

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For

Were seeking a commercially minded category professional who combines strong analytical thinking with outstanding stakeholder engagement skills.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Degree educated or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 years experience in Category Development Category Management or Category Strategy within FMCG.
• Strong understanding of UK shoppers retailers and category management principles.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Sales and Marketing teams.
• Advanced knowledge of category and shopper data tools such as NielsenIQ Circana/IRI Kantar Dunnhumby or similar.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to turn complex data into simple actionable recommendations.
• Excellent presentation and storytelling skills with confidence engaging customers and senior stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence challenge and build credibility at all organisational levels.
• Highly self-motivated organised and results-driven.
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings as required.
• Full right to work in the UK.

Additional Information :

What Success Looks Like

In this role youll become the trusted category expert for your customers helping them unlock growth opportunities while strengthening JDE Peets position as a category leader.

Youll combine commercial curiosity customer understanding and data-driven insight to create strategies that deliver sustainable growth for both our brands and our retail partners.

Our Culture

At JDE Peets diversity equity and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to be themselves.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Hybrid Working

The future of work is hybrid. We believe great collaboration happens when we come together while flexibility helps us do our best work. Thats why we combine office connection with the benefits of working from home.

Ready to Unleash Your Possibility

Join a business built around some of the worlds most loved coffee brands and become part of a team thats shaping the future of coffee in the UK.

Apply today and discover whats possible over a cup of coffee.

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JDE Peets - now part of Keurig Dr Pepper is the worlds leading pure-play coffee company with a presence in more than 100 markets. Guided by our Reignite the Amazing strategy we are focused on brand-led growth across three big bets: Peets LOR and our 10 strategically selected local icons led by Jacobs.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time