Category Manager - Food

We are looking for a Category Manager to join our Sales team at Bolton Food , home to iconic brands such as Saupiquet and Rio Mare .

You make the difference by driving sustainable sales growth across your assigned retail accounts through high-value category and commercial recommendations. As a trusted partner to national retailers, you will optimize assortments, promotional strategies and merchandising plans to accelerate the growth of our brands.

As part of our Sales organization, you will play a key role in strengthening our category leadership while supporting the commercial performance of our customers and positioning Bolton Food as a category expert.

Your mission

Category Development

• Drive profitable growth across your assigned retail accounts.
• Identify category and brand growth opportunities.
• Build insightful category recommendations that create value for both customers and Bolton Food.
• Develop strong partnerships with key contacts at national retail headquarters.
• Define the most effective assortment strategy according to customer profiles.
• Adapt the national merchandising strategy to each retailer.
• Develop merchandising plans and ensure their successful implementation.

Promotional Strategy

• Analyze promotional performance.
• Recommend annual promotional plans.
• Develop corrective action plans to continuously improve commercial performance.
• Analyze customer performance and identify growth opportunities.
• Maintain assortments and commercial action plans in Easysales.
• Provide the Sales teams with relevant insights and recommendations.
• Deliver regular reporting and performance analysis to internal stakeholders.
• Position based in Courbevoie.
• Occasional customer visits.
• Reporting directly to the National Account Director.
• Close collaboration with Sales, Sales Support, Category Development and Field Sales teams.

Your profile

• Master's degree or Business School graduate.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Category Management (internships and apprenticeships included).
• Previous experience in FMCG/Grocery, ideally within the Food industry.
• Professional English (minimum B2 level).

Your strengths

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to turn data into actionable business recommendations.
• Excellent interpersonal and partnership-building skills.
• Well organized and detail-oriented.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Results-oriented mindset.
• Proactive and solution-driven approach.
• Strong knowledge of Nielsen panels.
• Experience with Salesforce.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent analytical capabilities.
• Solid understanding of Category Management and merchandising principles.

What we offer

• A strategic role at the heart of our commercial organization.
• The opportunity to work with major national retailers.
• A collaborative, analytical and results-driven environment.
• Company car.
• Career development opportunities within an international group.

About Bolton Food

Bolton Food France markets leading seafood brands, including Saupiquet and Rio Mare , and is part of the Bolton Group , an international family-owned company operating in over 150 countries.

At Bolton Food France, we are committed to delivering high-quality products while building strong partnerships with our retail customers. Joining our team means working in a collaborative, entrepreneurial and dynamic environment where innovation, consumer focus and category expertise drive our success.