Junior Procurement Manager

We’re looking for a brilliant Junior Category Manager to join our Commercial team here at PROPER SNACKS. We’re a tight-knit, ambitious bunch who care deeply about making snacks that people genuinly love – anddoing it the right way. Life at Proper Snacks is fast, creative and collaborative; no two days look the same, and there’s real space to make your mark.

As our Junior Category Manager, you’ll help us make sense of the ever changing world of snacking – spotting what shoppers want, where the opportunities are, and how we stay cultureally relevant and commercially sharp. If you love connecting data with real human behaviour, bringing insight to life through storytelling, and working with people who care about what they do, you’ll feel right at home

The Person

You’ll be naturally curious — the kind of person who loves digging into questions, spotting patterns and figuring things out. Ambiguity won’t scare you; in fact, you’ll thrive in it. You’ll bring enthusiasm, energy and a genuine appetite to learn, and you’ll enjoy shaping clear, compelling stories from messy data.

You’re a collaborative sort: positive, adaptable, and happiest when working closely with others to get to the best answer.

The Role

You’ll turn category, shopper and market insight into commercial opportunities that help Proper grow with our retail partners. Day to day, you’ll work with Sales, Marketing and Innovation to shape plans, guide decisions and make sure we’re showing up brilliantly on shelf.

Responsibilities

Lead category reviews and build standout insight stories for our key customers.
Spot growth opportunities across retailers, channels and formats using shopper and market data.
Bring insight into customer meetings with clear, confident and commercial recommendations.
Work closely with Marketing and Innovation to ground brand and NPD thinking in solid category understanding.
Keep a close eye on the category — trends, competitors, shifts in behaviour — and share what matters with the team.
Champion the voice of the shopper across the business

Requirements

Around 2+ years’ experience in category, insights or commercial analytics (FMCG is a bonus, not a must).
You’re comfortable with data and ideally familiar with tools like Nielsen, IRI or Kantar.
A natural storyteller — able to turn numbers into meaning and make insights land.
Calm and confident in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Curious, enthusiastic and always up for learning something new.

About PS

PROPER SNACKS is the home of PROPER and Eat Real. The UK’s fastest-growing major snacks company.

We’re a diverse team of builders, thinkers, creators and makers - based in London and Nuneaton and serving snackers across Europe. Our brilliant team are united by an insatiable curiosity and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit. At PROPER SNACKS, we don’t sit still. We scale fast, dream big and back our people to make stuff happen. Our values keep us grounded: Be builder. Dream bigger. Seriously fun.

Whether you're joining us in London – where the brands are built, and big ideas take flight. Or in Nuneaton where magic happens in our factory and every bag gets made – you’ll be part of a team shaking up the snacking world. Get a flavour of what life is like at PROPER SNACKS here.

LDN – Drummond Street – London – NW1 3HP

NUN – Townsend Dr – Nuneaton – CV11 6TJ

Our Approach

PROPER and Eat Real is an equal opportunities employer and we do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process