Senior Category Manager

Position Title:

Senior Category Manager Position Type:
Regular - Full-Time Grade:
Grade 06

Requisition  Senior Category Manager. About McCain. At McCain, we're feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That's why we're dedicated to ensuring our core values-Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality-shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do.

We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain! Why join the McCain family. Your Life - we're here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.

Your Success - work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success. Your Impact - we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business. About the role. In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

Reporting to the Category Growth Director, the Senior Category Manager (Team Leader) plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the Category Growth Strategy across the frozen potato and snacking portfolio. This is a high-impact role, partnering closely with Sales to unlock growth opportunities across all channels and customers. You will use deep market, shopper and customer insights to design and activate commercial strategies that drive sustainable, profitable growth.

Working cross-functionally and with key external partners, you'll identify emerging opportunities, bring them to life in-market, and continuously optimise performance to stay ahead of trends and competition. As a trusted category expert, you'll own the development and execution of tailored, customer-centric category plans that align to customer strategies, strengthen partnerships, and deliver shared value across multiple channels and formats. Equally important, this is a people-leadership role.

You will lead, coach and inspire a high-performing team-building capability, curiosity and confidence while modelling best-in-class customer partnership and leadership. If you thrive on influence, insight-led growth and developing talent, this role offers a genuine opportunity to make your mark. Leadership Principles. Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organisation. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success.

While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles. We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success. We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together. We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain. Accountabilities. Execute Category Growth Strategy:
Drive deployment of Category Growth team strategic priorities for frozen potato and snacking, translating insights into pragmatic initiatives for commercial teams and customers. Support delivery against the commercial 2030 plan and Commercial initiatives. Insight Development & Foresight:
Curiously assess, synthesise, and communicate market, consumer, customer and operator data to identify growth opportunities and risks. Work…