Category Manager

About the role

As the Commercial Heating 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. As a Category Manager, 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 maximise 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 sith suppliers to maximise business opportunities
• Roll out a clear sourcing strategy to ensure the supply of quality products that meet the 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, three-times a week.
• You:
• 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.
• Skills and competencies
• Experienced in category management or buying/procurement
• Experience working with suppliers in the commercial heating category
• Developing and executing a category strategy - buying, sourcing, negotiating, pricing, etc
• Motivated to achieve deadlines/targets
• Excellent attention-to-detail, planning, and organisational skills
• Excellent analytical and communication skills (written and verbal) at all levels
• Experience of leading a team
• 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 Commercial Heating Category Manager and be part of a hugely successful and friendly Non-Residential team.

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