Come and join us as a customer-focused and results-driven Category Manager and be part of a hugely successful and friendly team.
As a Category Manager, you'll join an established Category function. The Category Manager will play a key role in supporting the business in all things category. You will handle negotiation, procurement, and pricing of all products within your designated Category.
Responsibilities:
* Product Strategy
* Delivering maximum sales and profitability by building a clear strategic plan
* Develop and build category plan to deliver market share growth informed by internal and external insight to maximize commercial position and provide the best customer proposition
* Managing SKU level cost and retail price in line with pricing and promotional strategy
* Building strong partnerships with suppliers to maximize business opportunities
* Roll out a clear sourcing strategy to ensure the supply of quality products that meet customer needs through the most efficient route to market
* Develop direct reports to ensure full engagement and individual growth of teams
* Clearly communicating Category plans to a wider network of teams within the department
This is a hybrid-based role with travel into our head office based in Crick, Northamptonshire, twice a week.
You’ll live and breathe our Customer First ethos, with a commercial and strategic vision when it comes to Category Management. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with the wider team and you’ll be committed to acting with integrity and honesty in everything you do.
Minimum Requirements:
* Experienced in category management or buying/procurement
* Developing and executing a category strategy - buying, sourcing, negotiating, pricing, etc.
* Motivated to achieve deadlines/targets
* Excellent attention-to-detail, planning, and organizational skills
* Excellent analytical and communication skills (written and verbal) at all levels
* Experience of leading a team
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets: Category Manager, Assistant Category Manager, Procurement Assistant, Procurement Manager, Buying Assistant, Buying Manager, Building, Construction, Trade, Manufacturing, Retail, FMCG or Supermarkets.
Benefits:
* Bonus
* Discounts, savings, and cash back at numerous retailers
* Life assurance
* Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave, and more
* Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme
* Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
* Financial education and loans
* Flexible working options
* A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
* And more!
We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it.
We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.
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