Category Executive

Category | Leeds | Full Time | Permanent

We are Dr. Oetker. Since our beginnings, we have been breaking new ground. With pizza, cake, and desserts at the core of our business, as well as digital platforms and services – we create the "Taste of Home" for millions around the world with you.

Are you ready for a new challenge? Then take your next step.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Great news! We have a fantastic opportunity for Category Executive to join our Category and Insight Team in the Ecommerce and Convenience channels.

We’re looking for someone who can help lead the category agenda for the ecommerce and convenience channels. You’ll be able to build great category relationships, both internally and externally and use these to support the Category team in the delivery of insight to retailers. A key element of the role is helping identify consumer and shopper insights and story telling, 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 category performance challenges and opportunities.
• IT literate, ability to use Microsoft Office packages. Proficiency in Excel would be an advantage.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to deliver insights in a compelling and memorable way

The role will be based from our Leeds Head Office (Thorpe Park, Leeds) and we are currently working to a hybrid working model where 2/3 days per week are home working. You do need to be able to commute to our Leeds Head Office, Leyland Production site and other external locations for face to face collaboration and to meet business requirements.                     

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
• Flexible working hours
• Free life assurance 4x annual salary
• 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
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• State of the art office environment with free wifi, tea, coffee, fruit and snacks
• Onsite free car park
• 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!