Category Executive
About Us
We’re a full-scale, energy-saving, B-Corp certified, sustainably powered vertical farm. We’re on a mission to transform the farming system forever, so that everyone can afford tasty nutritious food, that doesn’t cost the earth. Literally.
In other words: we boldly grow where no one has grown before. Our state-of-the-art salad leaves are made possible by an incredible team of rocket scientists (see what we did there?), engineers, leaf whisperers, and a root network of fabulous people, which brings us onto the role…
The Role
Are you passionate about making a real impact in the world of sustainable food? Do you get a buzz from uncovering insights and building relationships to drive category and brand success? If so, this could be the perfect role for you.
We’re on the hunt for a superstar Category Executive to join our Growth Team, reporting directly to our Category and Commercial Strategy Director. In this dynamic role, you’ll be at the heart of shaping the future — helping our customers thrive, championing our brands, and strengthening our reputation as category leaders in sustainable produce.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Digging into data to uncover game-changing insights that drive category growth.
- Owning the data and making numbers meaningful. From creating and developing monthly reporting to maintaining monthly scorecards, ensuring everyone in the business understands our external performance.
- Partnering with sales and shopper marketing, creating compelling category stories and initiatives to unlock new opportunities.
- Building trusted relationships with our key retail partners (Tesco’s & Sainsburys) to fuel long-term success, delivering best in class range, space and promotional recommendations.
- Collaborating closely with the Category Director to help develop an inspiring category vision and strategy that demonstrates true category leadership, and informs our commercial strategy, brand plans and product pipeline.
What We’re Looking For:
- An empathetic analytical mindset with ability to connect data from different sources to create simple, compelling stories (ideally within FMCG, but not essential)
- High levels of commerciality and an eagerness to continuously improve this
- Strong communication and relationship building skills with ability to influence and inspire
- Highly motivated and curious, a strong team player with ability to work independently
- Proficiency in Excel with hands on System Management experience (Nielsen, Kantar, Dunnhumby, SIP, would be ideal but not essential)
What’s in it for you?
- Be part of a great business – you will be in one of the fastest growing and most exciting businesses in the vertical farming industry.
- Be part of a great team – you will work with and learn from a friendly, smart, growing, and passionate team who care about each other and the business.
- Grow yourself – a chance to develop yourself and make the role your own as the business and team builds, broadening your knowledge and capabilities to push you to the next level.
- Share our passion for driving change for good – we’re B Corp certified and driving sustainable food production is at the heart of what we do.
Location
You’ll be based at our London office in Kings Cross with the option to work from home 2 days per week. Travel for customer meetings is required, as well as occasional travel to our Farm in Kent and our Leaf Lab in Cambridge.
Package
- Competitive base salary.
- Annual bonus based on company, team, and personal performance.
- 25 days holiday.
- Group Income Protection.
- Employee Health Insurance provided by Aviva.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Pension (5% employer contribution).
- Employee benefits programme with Agile.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Paid volunteering days.
Our team is the most valuable part of our business – our success is defined by the hard-working, brilliant and enthusiastic people we employ. Our recruitment process and employment decisions are based on our business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, colour, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or disability status. We don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics and we encourage all suitable applicants to apply for open positions.
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Introducing the exciting opportunity for a Category Executive at our innovative vertical farm—a B-Corp certified company dedicated to sustainable practices and nutritious food! If you’re someone who craves the opportunity to drive meaningful change in the food industry, your search ends here. Imagine being part of a team where rocket scientists and expert engineers collaborate to achieve revolutionary farming solutions, delivering fresh salad leaves that are good for both you and the planet. As a Category Executive, you will play an essential role in our Growth Team and report directly to the Category and Commercial Strategy Director. Your day-to-day will involve harnessing data to unveil insights and telling compelling stories that enhance category growth. You will thrive on forming partnerships with key retail players, like Tesco and Sainsbury’s, to elevate our reputation as trailblazers in sustainable produce. Moreover, with your analytical mindset, you’ll navigate through various data points to maintain our monthly reports and scorecards, ensuring that we continually improve. Communication and relationship-building will be your superpowers, as you work closely with the Category Director to craft an inspiring vision that fuels our commercial strategy. If you’re ready to join a friendly and passionate team, contributing to a cause that truly matters, don’t hesitate to leap into this role and transform the food landscape with us!
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