Assistant Category Manager

**12-month parental leave Work with Iconic global spirits brands Partner with senior leaders to influence key decisions & shape strategy**

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with premium brands including: Absolut vodka, The Glenlivet Scotch whisky, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Altos Tequila, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

The opportunity

As our Assistant Category Manager (Assistant Commercial Excellence Manager), you will support commercial excellence across our key brands by delivering strong analysis, category insights, and customer engagement content that helps shape smarter commercial decisions.

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Excellence, you will partner with Sales, Marketing, Customer Marketing and Finance to develop category strategies, customer presentations and commercial recommendations, performance reporting & innovation scoping.

This role is ideal for someone with strong analytical skills, commercial acumen, and experience in FMCG, sales, marketing, or category support, who enjoys working cross-functionally and turning data into actionable insights.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Create compelling customer content, including category reviews, innovation analysis, range reviews, and monthly performance snapshots.
• Analyse retailer, banner and category performance to uncover growth opportunities, trading gaps and potential risks.
• Track competitor activity and market performance, bringing together data and in-store observations to support commercial decisions.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to shape channel and category strategies, shopper activations and annual business plans.
• Support Head of Commercial Excellence for the Pacific in market and commercial performance reporting & making recommendations to senior executives

What you will bring to the role

• A degree in Marketing, Commerce, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Strong analytical capability with working knowledge of Scan & Customer data (e.g. Nielsen, Circana, Quantium), or similar data and reporting tools.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook, with confidence using business systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Commercial Excellence.
• Previous experience in FMCG/ Liquor, category management, commercial strategy/ insights/ planning is highly regarded.
• Liquor experience valued
• Experience in using AI tools to streamline workflow and processes

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word, convivialité…it means human connection, authenticity, friendship, and fun. Conviviality is energy, spirit and charisma, and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard.

Guided by our four core values; we are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and (cocktail) shakers. We have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business!

We know that happiness at work starts with that feeling of belonging you get from an inclusive culture where being uniquely you is celebrated. Our values are lived, they drive our behaviours, and it’s what brings our culture to life.

Our work philosophy celebrates the magic of human connection with the flexibility needed to provide one’s most meaningful contribution. We offer a flexible work policy, with most of our positions offering a hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week.

Our mix of benefits

Product allowance Hybrid and flexible working Summer hours Employee Assistance Program Generous parental leave policy Career development Office drinks & events Inclusive culture ERG

Joining and contributing to an Inclusive workplace

As Créateurs de Convivialité, we are committed to better reflect the richness of our society, the marketplace, and communities in which we operate. We believe that it is the best way to build effective teams, understand our consumers by market and sustainably grow our business.

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