Job Description

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Job Title: Category Intern

Location: Cumbernauld - Hybrid working arrangement (3 days on site)

Salary: Competitive

We Are Barr - Are You?

We are about being brilliant. We are always learning. We are results driven and relationships matter to us.

AG Barr has been quenching the nation\'s thirst for over 145 years and is home to some of the UK\'s most loved drinks brands.

Employing over 1,000 people across four business units and ten UK locations, we are proud to be a responsible business that takes care of our people, values diversity, gives something back to our communities and works to minimise our environmental impact.

At our core is Barr Soft Drinks, home to some of the UK\'s most loved soft drinks. Whether it\'s the iconic IRN-BRU, launched in 1901 and still going strong today, the vibrant RUBICON fruit based brand or the unique range of BARR flavours, we brighten people\'s lives with refreshingly different drinks.

And we\'re growing, thanks to some exciting acquisitions in recent years, including the functional drinks brand Boost, FUNKIN which operates in the exciting and growing cocktail market and MOMA, which crafts quality oats into great tasting oat drinks and porridges.

There\'s never been a better time to join us!

This role is a 6 month fixed-term contract. There may be opportunity for this to be extended.

What we\'re looking for...

To work with the category, shopper & sales teams, developing our category influence through:

• The creation of standard insights reporting using our data systems and Google Sheets/Slides to help build presentations to support the Category team/wider business
• The creation of category insights to support the building of compelling category sells & stories for our Sales & Marketing teams.
• Managing \'The Can\'s\' bank of insights & sells to support the sales teams
• Owning the relationship with JDA to maintain our space planning systems
• Building and managing our portfolio of customer planograms
• Maintenance of our data systems including IRI and Kantar
• Working closely with the field sales team"

Your responsibilities will include...

Working within the Sales Team structure, the Category & Shopper team\'s role is to deliver compelling category insights & sells to drive incremental growth in the UK soft drinks market within out trade customers; and to provide shopper, customer & category insight internally to enable effective planning & execution.

• To provide data & insight to the wholesale & direct channels to enable more effective selling
• To provide support around regular report building, space management and for our internal Category team.
• To provide support in the form of data & insight to a brand hub, helping set direction for strategy.
• Working with the Senior Category Managers, Category Controller, Marketing & Sales teams to allow the execution of a best in class category strategy in our customers#
• Supporting the delivery of new distribution and maintenance of existing distribution in our out-of-home and on-trade customers, covering customers ranging from anyone Brakes & Bidfood to Turtle Bay & Greggs.
• There will be some instances where you will be required to attend meetings with the wider sales teams which in some cases will require you to stay overnight.

What you\'ll bring...

The successful candidate will have;

• Business related degree or working towards to a degree
• Strong communication skills, able to confidently communicate professionally with all levels
• Ability to interpret data including knowledge of Google Slides & Sheets

What we offer...

We believe in creating a diverse and inclusive culture where your voice can be heard. Our skilled, loyal and committed people are critical to the future success of AG Barr which is why we are continually investing in our employees to develop their talent.

We look after our employees by offering a competitive salary and benefits package which includes;

• 33 days holiday
• Flexible holiday trading
• Living Wage Employer
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Flexible benefits e.g. discounts & cashbacks, gym memberships, technology purchases etc
• Life assurance
• Save as you earn scheme
• Staff sales discount
• Free AG Barr products throughout your working day
• Pension
• Annual salary review
• Ongoing professional development

And much more!

To find out more about what it is like to work for AG Barr, please visit our careers platform

We are an equal opportunities employer and happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be needed for successful candidates with a disability, health or mental health condition.

While we have highlighted our ideal requirements for this role, we are realistic that the successful candidate probably won\'t meet every single requirement in this advert, but we are big advocates of people growing in role. So even if you don\'t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to submit an application - you may be just what we are looking for! Apply now!

Speculative CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Latest closing date for applications is Sunday 1st October 2023

Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so apply now!

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