Strategy & Insights Manager

Strategy & Insights Manager (Portfolio & Shopper)
Location: London | Full-Time
1 Direct Report

Ready to shape the future of a powerhouse FMCG portfolio? Were looking for a Strategy & Insights Manager who thrives on shopper behaviour, loves cracking commercial puzzles, and gets energised by turning complex data into bold, business-changing action.

This is your chance to lead the portfolio and shopper strategy for Great Britain—driving the direction of packs, pricing, channels, missions, and innovation. Youll sit at the heart of the business, partnering with Marketing, Sales, Category, and Leadership to champion insight-led decision making and unlock growth.

If youre equal parts strategic thinker, insight storyteller, and commercial problem-solver keep reading.

What You'll Own

Portfolio Strategy & Growth

• Build and steer a winning portfolio strategy across channels, missions & packs
• Lead annual portfolio planning and run scenario modelling that shapes big decisions
• Turn insights into smart assortment, pricing, and innovation choices that drive performance
• Elevate the Perfect Sell toolkit with shopper-led selling stories that win at the shelf

Shopper Intelligence & Behaviour

• Become the go-to expert on missions, decision trees, occasions, and path-to-purchase
• Build robust frameworks for conversion, incrementality, and cannibalisation
• Bring insights to life with Sales & Category teams to drive excellence in-store

Research & Agency Leadership

• Lead partnerships with top shopper data providers
• Design and deliver standout research across pricing, pack optimisation, innovation testing, and category flow
• Define best-in-class briefs and methodologies that get to the heart of business questions

Influence & Collaboration

• Align cross-functional teams around clear priorities and insight-led strategies
• Turn complex data into simple, sharp, decision-ready stories
• Drive disciplined project management with clear milestones, actions, and impact

What You Bring

• Proven experience in FMCG/retail insights, category management, or portfolio strategy
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• A natural storyteller who can influence at all levels
• Brilliant stakeholder management and project leadership
• Curiosity, confidence, and a passion for shopper-led growth

What Success Looks Like

• A clear, insight-led portfolio strategy that delivers sustainable growth
• Breakthrough results in distribution, rate of sale, and NPD performance
• Faster, smarter decisions driven by the insights you unlock
• High-quality research that fuels future innovation and category leadership

If you're ready to put shopper insight at the centre of big commercial decisions—and you want a role where your thinking genuinely shapes the future - this is your next move.

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