Category Planner

Vacancy Information

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Category Team at Greggs. Reporting into the Category Planning Manager this role will be key support to a busy and dynamic team, who create the future menu proposition driven by customer insight and trends.

This is a full time role with option for hybrid working.

We can offer you:

• Competitive pay
• 21 days (4.2 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service, plus bank holidays and 1 additional floating day
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
• Career progression and learning and development
• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

About the role

• This is a full-time role (35 hours per week) however flexibility in this will be considered
• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role
• The base location for this role is Newcastle upon Tyne 

What you'll do

As a Category Planner you’ll:

• Work in the team that leads the menu development for Greggs
• Supporting Category Planning Mangers with the collection, collation and provision of information including weekly financial reports 
• Supports Category Planning Scheduling 
• Carrying out all the necessary administration tasks to support the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) 
• Supporting post implementation reviews of launches and trials
• Acting as first point of contact for general product related queries and redirecting as appropriate

About you

Skills

Essential:

• Confident personality and excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong ability to understand numerical reports and ability to use Excel confidently
• An ability to understand and analyse complex data with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to create Powerpoint presentations 
• Strong administrative, planning and organisational skills with diary management 
• Confident personality and excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Results focused, energetic outlook with a desire to work in a frequently changing environment
• Thinking and problem solving skills 
• An ability to multi task and manage priorities and deadlines 
• Good interpersonal skills with an ability to work cross-functionally as this role requires liaison with all departments and frequent multiple team work
• You are a strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels
• A proven ability to provide excellence in customer service

Desirable 

• Food experience; product and retail environment 
• Category/ Retail Support knowledge 
• Merchandising knowledge 
• Ability to deliver presentations to others 
• IT skills including Microsoft 365; SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams
• Driving licence as some travel and overnight stays may be required 
• Previous experience of Power BI or creating reports using other reporting systems 

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.