Do you have 3-5 years Category Management experience with Building Materials products? Do you have commercial awareness, and proven success driving performance improvements within Category Management?
Stark Building Material's UK is searching for a Category Manager to join our team.
This is a hybrid role with the requirement to work from our Head Office in Coventry regularly, as well as being out and about within our supplier and branch networks.
With the support of the Commercial/ Category Director and/or Senior Category Manager, create and lead the business plan for allocated categories of responsibility to drive strategic & tactical growth of the categories to support the delivery of the budgeted sales and profit target.
Deliver product ranges and terms that meet the requirements of our internal and external customers providing ‘all the products to do the job’ whilst delivering the required company financial targets.
Demonstrate successful experience in category management with a track record of delivering ranges that meet customer project needs across multiple product categories whilst delivering budgeted financial results for the company.
Proven experience of successful fact-based negotiation and delivery in an end-to-end category management or procurement role.
Highly IT literate in appropriate Microsoft and database systems
Strong commercial acumen, analytical skills, and ability to assimilate information into clear actionable insights and plans and able to communicate these plans to stakeholders for effective implementation and enhanced customer proposition.
Good stakeholder management with ability to coordinate and influence decision making at multiple levels and across functions to ensure delivery of business plans.
Evidence emotional intelligence, behavioural impact & self-awareness.
Be involved in and contribute to ‘non-core’ commercial activities that support development and delivery improvement across business and strategic improvements that may be areas outside of key category responsibilities.
Ability to induct, support and coach newer and/or junior members of the teams with or without direct line management responsibility.
Own, create, and deliver 2–3-year strategy for responsible category areas that deliver the customer project proposition whilst meeting company commercial sale and profit targets.
Negotiate and deliver all supplier trading agreements in line with group goals and initiatives.
Continually evidence detailed understanding of category performance and key performance drivers identifying opportunities to improve. Generate reports and analysis to make recommendations on Ranging, Pricing, Sales, Plans and Promotions.
Be suitably literate in the Group and UK sustainability agenda and goals and demonstrate an understanding of the impact their allocated categories, both directly and indirectly managed, have on relevant sustainability criteria (scope 3 emissions, packaging, product circularity).
Work closely with relevant STARK UK and regional and central functions making recommendations for improvement and supporting branches to make great local decisions.
Ensure company policies, procedures and values are always understood and demonstrated in behaviour.
Continually build and improve internal and external stakeholder management and relationships.
Competitive Basic Salary
~ Company Car Allowance
~ Retirement Savings Plan (Pension) – with Legal & General
~ Life Assurance - From your first day of employment with us you are automatically covered for a lump-sum death in service benefit of 2 x your basic salary. However, if you join the STARK Building Materials Retirement Savings Plan (including if you are automatically enrolled) and contribute a minimum of 4% of your Pensionable Earnings, your lump sum death in service benefit will be increased to 4 x your Pensionable Earnings.
~ WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway
~ Aviva Digicare+ Workplace App (Access to a digital GP, second medical opinions, Mental Health consultation, bereavement service, nutritional consultation)
~ Voluntary company benefits such as Car Salary Sacrifice scheme with VWFS, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, Critical Illness Cover
~ Employee Discount
~ Refer a Friend scheme
~ New Reward and Recognition programme – launching soon!
~34 days holidays per year
We're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you.