Macildowie Recruitment & Retention - Supply Chain & Procurement Category Manager - Electrical - Up to £75,000 - Leicester Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm - PermanentMacildowie Supply Chain & Procurement is delighted to have collaborated with a reputable and growing construction organisation to recruit a Category Manager.The key objective is to hold previous category management experience in a construction, engineering, retail or manufacturing background whilst having exposure to managing successful teams and categories.Main Responsibilities
1. Responsible for providing category expertise to create and deliver differentiated category plans realising growth for customers and the business.
2. Build on the actionable insights to create and drive robust plans to drive mutual growth for customers and the business.
3. Collaborate with cross-functional internal and external customer teams, ensuring insights are at the heart of all decision-making and initiatives, including the innovation pipeline.
4. Analyse effectiveness of NPD, campaign launches and activity, making recommendations for future innovation and activation
5. Sourcing, negotiating and growing with new and existing relationships with overseas suppliers whilst monitoring supplier performance.
6. Line Manage and development the Category Exec team, who are responsible for capturing market and category intel, sho...