Category Executive

Category | Leeds | Full Time | Permanent

Since our beginnings at Dr. Oetker, we have been breaking new ground. With pizza, cake, and desserts, as well as digital platforms and services – quality and an innovative spirit set us apart.

What awaits you? It's up to you! At. Dr. Oetker, you can actively shape the future – both yours and ours. We want to be part of something bigger. Don't you?

JOIN THE TASTE.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Great news! We have a fantastic opportunity for a Category Executive to join our Category Team (in the Cake channel).

We’re looking for someone who can lead the category agenda within specific retail customers, working with the support of the full Category team. You’ll be able to build great category relationships, both internally and externally, within all channels and use these to support the Category team in the delivery of insight to retailers. A key element of the role is helping identify and story telling shopper and consumer insight, so experience of working with and understanding large amounts of data is crucial.

As a global, family run business our culture is really important to us. All of our employees are inspired and motivated to create a competitive advantage in the market place for our customers and consumers, whilst having fun at the same time!

A career at Dr Oetker will provide you with:   

• A supportive team which encourages you to grow and develop professionally, with exposure to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• A challenging and motivating role
• Opportunities to learn and develop new skills, with an induction and development programme tailored specifically to you.

WHAT YOU BRING 

• Experience of working with or within a retail environment with strong commercial awareness.    
• Ability to work with large data sets to understand sub category performance challenges and opportunities.   
• IT literate, ability to use Microsoft Office packages.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

WHAT WE OFFER

The Category Executive role offers a competitive salary alongside many other benefits including;

• Hybrid working pattern (minimum of 2 days a week office based)
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexi-time scheme with flexible start/finish times
• Free life assurance 4x annual salary
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• Salary sacrifice pension scheme (3% employee contributions, 6% employer contributions)
• Private health care provided by Bupa (single cover)
• Health Care Cash Plan Scheme (provided by Bupa)
• Annual healthy heart MOT’s
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• State of the art office environment with free wifi, tea, coffee, fruit and snacks
• Social clubs – including monthly baking and book clubs and a weekly run club
• Onsite car park with free electric car charging points
• Employee referral scheme (£350 per referral, you’ll want to tell your friends and family all about us!)
• Incentivised employee suggestion schemes
• Employee loyalty scheme, recognising length of service milestones at 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 years and beyond
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free eye test vouchers
• A great place to work and access to our cake & pizza products!