What’s it like to manage the commercial engine of Europe’s fastest-growing online supermarket? At Picnic, we don't just buy products - we redefine how food reaches millions of homes by building smarter assortments, negotiating hard with global brands, and launching our own Private Label lines. 🥑🥐🍎
As part of our Category Management - Future Leaders Graduate Program, you’ll take full end-to-end commercial ownership from day oneYou’ll sit at the intersection of quantitative analysis, supplier negotiations, and product strategy.
This is not a rotation program or an advisory role
You won't just recommend what to sell - you will own the P&L of your category and execute every step yourself:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Category Strategy & Improvement Plans: </strong>Build and execute clear commercial roadmaps for your category - analyzing performance gaps, setting growth targets, and continually balancing customer experience, gross margin, and long-term category health.
</li> <li><strong>Supplier Negotiation:</strong> Prepare and lead negotiations that secure the best terms.
From initial outreach to signed contracts, you'll own the process end-to-end </li> <li><strong>Data-Driven Assortment Strategy:</strong> Dive deep into customer purchase data, elasticity models, and unit economics to prune underperforming SKUs and introduce winning products.
</li> <li><strong>Private Label Development</strong>:Collaborate on the creation of Picnic’s own products - from sustainable packaging and pricing to quality checks and market positioning </li> <li><strong>Margin & Price Execution:</strong> Continuously monitor cost changes, inflation impacts, and competitor pricing to protect margins while keeping Picnic unbeatable on price.
</li> <li><strong>Cross-Functional Rigor:</strong> Partner with supply chain, design, and analytics teams to a.