Catering Proposition Manager
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 April 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester / Wellingborough |
| Company: | Booker Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 29591 |
Summary
Booker Group is recruiting for an Catering Proposition Manager, responsible for the development and continuous improvement of the catering proposition. The successful candidate will be able to translate customer insight and commercial performance into compelling offers and services. They will represent the voice of the customer, working cross functionally to shape the catering trade plan and marketing materials that enable sales and profit growth, and drive customer satisfaction.
- Develop and evolve the catering proposition
Create, refine, and continually improve the catering offer to ensure it meets customer needs and commercial goals - Drive sales and profit growth
Ensure proposition development aligns with commercial targets - Collaborate on the Catering Trade Plan
Cross functional working to ensure the catering trade plan drives value and excitement for our catering customers
- Marketing and Communications Input
Partner with marketing teams to create compelling in‑store, digital, and other marketing materials that showcase the proposition and drive customer engagement
- Performance Insights
Translate customer feedback, market trends, performance KPI’s into clear proposals and build business cases with supporting evidence to drive internal decision‑making
- Cross Functional Collaboration
Act as a central connector between teams such as Category, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Marketing to ensure “right first time” execution
Key skills
- Strong commercial and customer insight skills
- Ability to translate data and trends into clear proposals
- Skilled at developing and improving customer propositions
- Effective cross‑functional collaborator
- Clear communicator
- Strong planning and project management
- Able to create compelling marketing briefs and customer messaging
Previous Experience
- Proven experience shaping or developing customer propositions
- Track record of improving sales or profit through proposition changes
- Experience using customer insight and KPIs to drive recommendations
- Demonstrated cross‑functional project delivery
- Experience producing evidence‑based business cases