Category Manager France - M/F/X

Job Description:

Location: Saint-Denis-De-L'Hôtel ; Paris

Segment: Food

Type of contract: Permanent

Reporting to the Category Lead Regional France and Emerging Markets, this role is responsible for delivering best-in-class category leadership for the French market. Acting as the category expert, the Category Manager leverages shopper, consumer, customer and market insights to identify growth opportunities and define category strategies that accelerate both category and brand performance. The role is accountable for developing the category vision and translating it into clear recommendations across distribution, assortment, shelving and merchandising.

What are we looking for?

• Strong ability to influence stakeholders and shape category strategies through fact-based recommendations and insights.
• Proven Category Leadership expertise and strong understanding of Category Management principles and tools.
• Broad understanding of the FMCG environment, shopper behaviour and retail landscape.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data and insights into actionable category, distribution, merchandising and growth strategies.

What will be your key responsibilities?

Category Leadership & Insights

• Act as the category expert for the French market, delivering actionable consumer, shopper and market insights.
• Monitor category and portfolio performance, identifying growth opportunities and risks.
• Translate insights into clear recommendations across distribution, assortment, merchandising and innovation.
• Define and track key category KPIs to support business performance.

Category Strategy & Vision Deployment

• Localize and deploy Mars category vision and growth strategies for the French market.
• Define distribution, assortment and merchandising priorities to accelerate category growth.
• Lead the Perfect Store agenda and translate category strategy into execution principles.
• Support innovation launches by identifying distribution opportunities and maximizing in-store execution.

Business Partnership

• Partner with Sales, Marketing and Revenue Management teams to embed category strategies into commercial plans.
• Equip customer teams with category recommendations, selling stories and execution guidelines.
• Drive alignment across functions to strengthen category leadership and deliver sustainable growth.

What can you expect from Mars?

• At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.
• As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.
• The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars.
• Working in an enjoyable, collaborative, and multicultural environment.
• The PetLovers segment, committed to building a better world for our pets!
• An office where your dog will be welcome and will be accompanied by 18 other Associate dogs
• You will join a large family of 1000 Petcare Associates, spread over 2 sites in France, including 2 factories