Assistant Category Manager

About the role

As an Assistant Category Manager, you will have the drive and ambition to work within a dynamic, commercial function. The Assistant Category Manager will support the overall Category team, and play a vital role in ensuring we have the right products at the right prices to provide the best experience possible for our trade and consumer customers. We have a long track record of investing in our colleagues who have joined us and progressed their careers further by moving into senior opportunities. So as long as you are strong at negotiating and know how to influence stakeholders and suppliers - we will take care of the rest!

Responsibilities

• Support the overall commercial strategy by growing and managing our product base and business performance
• Own the customer proposition and drive innovation of new products
• Build relationships with suppliers to maximise business opportunities
• Working closely with our supply chain to ensure product availability and management of stock is adhered to properly
• Make sure all administration tasks are completed in a timely manner
• This is a hybrid-based opportunity with true flexibility to work from home, but you should be within commutable distance of our newly refurbished offices in Crick, Northamptonshire.
• You:
• You'll live and breathe our Customer First ethos, with an innovative and agile approach to problem-solving. You'll enjoy working collaboratively with the wider Category team and you'll be committed to acting with integrity and honesty in everything you do.
• Skills and competencies
• You'll ideally have knowledge or passion for solar and electrical products to make the category one of the most competitive in the market.
• Experience working within a Category, Buying, or Procurement role
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to work under your own initiative, whilst utilising the support around you
• Experience in working with spreadsheets either Excel or Google Sheets
• Motivated and proactive in supporting the wider team
• It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Buying, Procurement, Category, Commercial, Negotiation. Building, Construction, Retail, FMCG, Manufacturing, Mechanical.
• Us:
• Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:
• 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, we look out for each other
• 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!
• #BelongWithUs
• 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.

Additional Information

#BelongWithUs Come and join us as a customer focused and results driven Assistant Category Manager and be part of a hugely successful and friendly team with a focus on Solar and Electrical products.

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