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Hello from the Happies!

At Ella’s Kitchen we care about each other, we care about the world we live in and we care about making the absolute best food for tiny tummies.

We believe that if we’re all aligned towards a clear direction, grounded in the stuff we’re passionate about, then our team will thrive; free to deliver amazing results and feel rewarded doing it.

At Ella’s Kitchen, we’re guided by our values. They set the tone of our culture and we look out for newbies who will be a natural fit to our values and complement and contribute to our business.

We believe to achieve strong business growth, we need to nurture our people, because happy people do the best work. So we invest in our people to be the best they can be and encourage a culture of leadership so that everyone feels valued and empowered.

We are always keen to meet brilliant people who believe in our mission and want to live and breathe our values.

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Full time

Makes the Category Grow (Category Manager)

Purpose of role:

To be lead Category manager for UK Grocery Accounts
Deliver insight from all available retailer data sources that drives tangible business results
Contribute to creation of a ‘Category-First’ mentality at Ella’s Kitchen
Equip and encourage the business to make category responsible Core E/NPD decisions

Role activities / responsibilities:

1) Category Leadership with Top 4 Grocers (50%)

(Accounts to be confirmed during interview)

a. Build category relationships with the internal and external customer teams so that you understand the needs, motivations, and aspirations of both businesses, producing win:win category recommendations…

b. …Use all available data sources to do so:

i. Be the expert when it comes to IRI data, understand their performance, and identify their (and our) category opportunities for growth

ii. Overlay Kantar consumer metrics to hone analysis and recommendations

c. Be a key part of range planning processes

d. Utilise Space Planning to:

i. measure space to sales

ii. highlight opportunities

iii. bring range recommendations to life

2) Other retailers (30%)

(Accounts to be confirmed during interview)

a. Build relationships with other grocery retailer teams (internally and externally) so that you understand the needs, motivations, and aspirations of both businesses, producing win:win category recommendations…

b. …Use all available data sources to do so:

i. Be the expert when it comes to IRI data, understand their performance, and identify their (and our) category opportunities for growth

ii. Overlay Kantar consumer metrics to hone analysis and recommendations

c. Be a key part of the range planning process in these accounts.

3) Internal Focus (20%):

a. Help curate, develop and deploy our Ella’s Kitchen Category Vision internally, leading the entire organisation towards a ‘Category-First’ mentality.

b. Equip our commercial teams so that they can mine their own ad-hoc data, and help them to think wider than Ella’s when measuring success (our ‘tail’ vs the Category ‘tail’)

c. Champion how Mums and Dads behave when shopping in all internal discussions (e.g. NPD Funnel and the development of sell-in 1-pagers & decks), which will include leading category inductions.

d. Ensure that our (Friends) qualitative insight is developed beyond brand and thus, along with continuous quantitative data sources (IRI / Kantar / Dunnhumby), equips us with best in class sales stories for NPD and range architecture

e. Provide ad hoc support on ROS, Distribution and Category inputs for NPD projects.

You will need:

To embrace, embody and exude all that is special and unique about Ella’s Kitchen
Excellent commercial skills
An understanding of Category Fundamentals vs Management vs Leadership
Proactive ‘do-er’, keen to be involved in the success of the team
Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, fast paced environment
Relationship building skills – getting the best out of others to achieve the plan
The ability to influence others through your flexible style
Great communication skills
A results focussed mindset with the ability to “never never give up” and find solutions to challenges
Experience of online retailing
Passionate about systems with the ability to utilise technology for continuous improvement
Passion for the brand and what Ella’s stands for – improving children’s lives through healthy relationships with food.

Experience of the following would be advantageous:

Nielsen Answers
IRI Plussuite
i2C
Dunnhumby
Kantar
Space Planning
Retailer relationships, ideally with top four supermarkets

And What You’ll Get In Return:

Bucket loads of training and development, supporting your career pathway
Competitive salary
Discretionary bonus scheme
A Box of Treats, including private medical, dental, pension, life assurance, 25 days holiday and the ability to buy more, high street discounts, amazing wellbeing events, Give It A Go days… to name but a few!
A really awesome place to come to work … our beautiful Barns in the Oxfordshire countryside, but the flexibility to achieve a good work/life blend

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speculative applications

The role

We're always looking for passionate, creative and innovative people to come and work with us at Ella's Kitchen.

If we aren't currently advertising for a role that's right for you, you can submit a speculative application and we'll hold your details in our Talent Pool for 3 months. If we've got any roles that we think might be of interest to you, we'll be in touch!

our box of treats

Our team are super-special and in return for all the hard work they do everyday, everyone gets a ‘Box of Treats’ to help make every day that little bit brighter and easier! Goodies to look forward to when you join Ella's Kitchen: