Category Manager (6 Month FTC)

Ready to influence category growth with some of the UK's most loved beer and cider brands? Join us as a Category Manager on a 6 month fixed-term contract and help shape winning category strategies with leading retailers.

Why You Should Join Us

At Molson Coors, we've been bringing people together over great drinks and unforgettable moments for more than 200 years. Our award-winning portfolio includes iconic brands such as Carling, Coors, Madri Excepcional, Cobra and Rekorderlig, alongside exciting premium, challenger and craft brands loved by consumers across the UK and beyond.

As a global beverage company operating in more than 100 countries, we're building brands people love while creating a positive impact for our communities, our people and the planet. With 16,000 colleagues worldwide, we're united by a shared ambition to deliver sustainable growth and create extraordinary experiences for our consumers.

As a People First organisation, we're committed to supporting flexible ways of working and creating an environment where everyone can thrive, grow and do their best work.

About The Role

We're looking for a commercially driven Category Manager to join our Off Trade team on a fixed-term contract until June 2027.

In this role, you'll use category, shopper and customer insights to identify growth opportunities, influence decision-making and deliver best-in-class recommendations that create value for both our customers and our business. Working closely with commercial, brand and activation teams, you'll help bring the customer perspective into strategic planning and ensure category thinking remains at the heart of our commercial agenda.

You'll develop trusted relationships with key retail partners, providing category leadership that helps shape ranging, merchandising and growth strategies while strengthening Molson Coors' position as a valued category partner.

What You'll Do

• Lead category growth conversations - Build trusted relationships with retail partners, using category expertise and insight-led recommendations to unlock growth opportunities and strengthen customer partnerships.
• Turn insight into action - Analyse shopper, customer and market data to identify trends, risks and opportunities, translating findings into compelling recommendations and category strategies.
• Shape category visions and selling stories - Support the development of category visions and thought leadership that inspire customers, influence decisions and demonstrate category leadership.
• Influence internally and externally - Partner with commercial, brand and activation teams to ensure customer insight shapes business planning, while building category capability across the wider organisation.

About You

We're looking for a commercially minded category professional who combines strong analytical capability with the ability to influence and inspire action.

• Category and FMCG expertise - Experience working in Category Management within FMCG, with a strong understanding of retail customers, category dynamics and growth drivers.
• Insight and analytical capability - Confident using data and category tools such as Circana, Kantar, Dunnhumby and Sales Out data to generate impactful insights and recommendations.
• Influencing and relationship building - Proven ability to develop trusted relationships with customers and stakeholders, influencing decisions through clear, compelling storytelling.
• Collaborative and action-oriented - Works effectively across cross-functional teams, bringing others with you to deliver strong commercial outcomes and category growth.

About Us

• We're one of the UK's Most Attractive Employers and proud recipients of the Top Employer award for 13 consecutive years.
• We offer flexible work programmes that help our people balance work and life, including our market-leading Moments That Matter benefits.
• We are committed to supporting the physical, financial and mental wellbeing of our people.
• We are passionate about creating a positive impact on our employees, consumers, communities and the environment.

Molson Coors: Brands to Love, Careers to Last

We know exceptional talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you if you're excited by this opportunity and believe you can make a difference.

Molson Coors Beverage Company is an equal opportunity employer. We seek, value and respect everyone's unique perspectives and experiences because we know we're stronger together. Our aim is to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and consumers we serve, creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome, supported and empowered to succeed.

We are proud to be Disability Confident Committed. If you require any adjustments or additional support during the application or recruitment process, please contact us and we'll be happy to help.

Pay and Benefits:

At Molson Coors, we’re committed to paying people fairly and equitably for the work they do.

Our Total Rewards package includes a base salary of £47,400.00 - £62,200.00 (posting salary range) plus a 9.25% target annual bonus, alongside a comprehensive benefits offering designed to support different needs and life stages. Benefits are flexible and include health, dental and vision coverage, a pension with up to 10% employer match, wellbeing support, an Employee Assistance Programme, life leave, and 31 days’ annual leave plus 3 bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional holiday.

The salary range shown above reflects what we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of posting. Final pay is based on a number of non‑discriminatory factors, such as required work location, previous experience, skills and internal equity.