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Category Manager
Компания: Quorum Search Partners
Город: Monaghan
**Category Manager – Food / Dairy / Ingredients**
**Location:** Ireland or UK
**Type:** Permanent
Quorum Search Partners is partnering with a leading international food and dairy organisation to recruit experienced Category Managers for its growing commercial and innovation function.
These roles carry responsibility for the strategic direction, commercial performance and long-term development of key product categories across both consumer and food ingredient markets - working closely with Commercial, Marketing, R&D, Operations, Finance and Supply Chain to identify growth opportunities and deliver sustainable revenue and profit growth.
**Key Responsibilities**
* Develop and implement category strategies aligned with wider business objectives
* Own category performance, profitability and key commercial KPIs
* Identify market opportunities, customer needs, competitor activity and emerging trends
* Build category growth plans, roadmaps and strategic business cases
* Support pricing, margin and revenue optimisation
* Partner with R&D and Innovation to develop and commercialise new products
* Review and optimise portfolio performance
* Build strong customer, market and consumer insight to inform strategy and customer presentations
* Work cross-functionally across Commercial, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Operations, Finance and Supply Chain, influencing senior stakeholders and aligning the business around category priorities
Innovation, category growth and turning market insight into commercial action are central to both roles.
**About You**
We are keen to hear from candidates with experience in: **Category Management, Strategic Marketing, Brand Management, Innovation, Commercial or Market Strategy, Food Ingredients, FMCG**
You should have:
* Proven experience within food, FMCG, dairy, food ingredients or a related sector
* Strong commercial acumen, with a track record developing and delivering category strategy
* Strong analytical and market insight capability
* Experience working with cross-functional teams and a history of driving growth through innovation
* Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence senior leaders
A third-level qualification in Business, Marketing, Food Science or a related discipline is preferred.
**The Opportunity**
A senior, commercially focused role within a substantial international food business investing in category development and higher-value growth - offering genuine ownership of a category, real influence over portfolio and innovation strategy, and exposure across commercial, technical and operational teams in a business with a broad international customer base.
**How to Apply**
For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please apply directly or contact Quorum Search Partners. All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.