Private Label and Exclusive Brands Category Manager

The Private Label and Exclusive Brands Category Manager drives the performance and development of private label and exclusive brands. The role translates the strategic direction set by the Private Label and Exclusive Brands Head into actionable category plans, ensuring the portfolio delivers competitive, innovative, and profitable products. The role manages category-level portfolio performance, oversees the execution of the product innovation pipeline, and ensures private label and exclusive brands remain relevant, differentiated and commercially competitive. Minimum Requirements… Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a related field OR 5-7 years’ experience in private label, FMCG brand management, or product development leadership. Experience in managing category-level brand portfolios and driving commercial performance. Advantageous: Leadership experience Job Specification… Strategy and value delivery Own private label and exclusive brands commercial performance, including sales growth, margin delivery, and portfolio profitability. Define and lead the private label and exclusive brands’ strategy, portfolio architecture, and growth priorities across categories. Identify opportunities for innovation, range expansion, and customer value creation within private label and exclusive brands. Leadership & Collaboration Provide guidance and direction to the Private Label Brand Manager, ensuring effective execution of category plans. Ensure cross-functional alignment to support product development, launch planning and category growth. Support the Private Label and Exclusive Brands Head in driving portfolio performance and brand development across categories. Governance & Risk Ensure private label and exclusive brands within the category comply with quality, regulatory and governance standards. Ensure commercial discipline in pricing, margin tracking and product availability. Key Competencies Strong commercial and category management capability Ability to translate strategic direction into practical category execution Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills Strong understanding of brand and product development Special conditions of employment: Key performance indicators: Private label growth and profitability - Sales growth and margin contribution within assigned categories, penetration within categories. Innovation and portfolio performance - Successful execution of category innovation pipeline, product launch success rate and time-to-market. Portfolio optimisation - Range performance and contribution to overall category growth. Improvement in team culture score. #J-18808-Ljbffr