Indirect Category Manager
9 hours ago
Title : Category Manager
Upto £60k + Bonus + Private Healthcare and More
Overview : This business I am partnered with acts as a distributor and scale-up partner for health, beauty, and personal-care brands. Their core offering is to help both emerging and established beauty brands reach thousands of retail outlets and e-commerce channels across Europe - enabling fast market entry and expansion.
Lead, coach and develop a team of four, including category managers and trade/activation specialists.
Define the category vision, long-term strategy and market roadmap for the Beauty portfolio across both physical retail and e-commerce channels.
Lead strategic planning for all brands in the portfolio, ensuring alignment with brand partners and internal teams to drive sustainable, profitable growth.
Own permanent assortments across priority markets, ensuring the right range is placed in the right distribution to maximise rate of sale and margin.
Define and own pricing strategy across Europe, ensuring competitiveness, strong margins and consistent brand positioning.
Build and optimise promotional plans by retailer and market, ensuring clear ROI while protecting brand equity.
Take full accountability for P&L performance, conducting monthly reviews, forecasting and budget adjustments as needed.
Negotiate marketing budgets, financial terms and trade agreements with brand partners and retailers to drive growth while maintaining profitability.
Strong experience in category management, buying, trade marketing or commercial brand management - ideally within beauty or cosmetics.
Proven leadership experience, with a track record of coaching and developing high-performing teams.
Comfortable managing large SKU counts, multiple deadlines and cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment.
Demonstrated ability to manage and optimise P&Ls, including forecasting, budgeting and commercial decision-making.
Strong pricing and promotional planning expertise.
Apply now to join a brand that celebrates individuality, champions fun, and knows that great results come from great people.
-
Procurement Category Manager
21 hours ago
Reading, United Kingdom Pod Talent Full timeCATEGORY MANAGER - INDIRECT CATEGORIES (IT/MARKETING/FM) - READING/ LONDON/ FLEX - £40,000 - £50,000 + BONUS + CAR + PACKAGE Pod Talent are excited to partner with a renowned catering and hospitality brand, who have secured some of the most prestigious contracts across the UK & Ireland. Their expertise spans across event catering, workplace cafés and...
-
Indirect Procurement Services Advisor
2 days ago
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom Leonardo Full timeJob Description Your Impact You will work as a member of a joint venture team within the Indirect Procurement team. This will include managing joint venture Indirect Procurement requirements. The role sits within the Indirect Procurement team which interfaces with functional teams, providing over-arching indirect procurement services. You will be required to...
-
Category Manager
2 days ago
Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom lululemon Full timeRequirements Description & Requirements who we are: lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our...
-
Category Manager
21 hours ago
Reading, United Kingdom Pod Talent Full timeCATEGORY MANAGER - PRODUCE/DAIRY - READING/ LONDON/ FLEX - £40,000 - £50,000 + BONUS + CAR + PACKAGE Pod Talent are excited to partner with a renowned catering and hospitality brand, who have secured some of the most prestigious contracts across the UK & Ireland. Their expertise spans across event catering, workplace cafés and restaurants, corporate...
-
Category Manager
9 hours ago
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom We Are Refyne Full timeTitle : Category Manager Package : Upto £60k + Bonus + Private Healthcare and More! Overview : This business I am partnered with acts as a distributor and scale-up partner for health, beauty, and personal-care brands. Their core offering is to help both emerging and established beauty brands reach thousands of retail outlets and e-commerce channels across...
-
Category Management Director
10 hours ago
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom Primark Full timeOps, FM & EHS Category Manager The Ops, FM & EHS Category Manager leads the activities across categories of spend with the accountability for developing and executing effective procurement strategies for the categories and actively contributing to the development of the procurement function’s service to Primark. Healthcare, pension, and potential...
-
Indirect Procurement Services Advisor
5 days ago
Reading, United Kingdom Leonardo Full timeJob Description : Your Impact You will work as a member of a joint venture team within the Indirect Procurement team. This will include managing joint venture Indirect Procurement requirements. The role sits within the Indirect Procurement team which interfaces with functional teams, providing over‑arching indirect procurement services. You will be...
-
Indirect Procurement Services Advisor
2 days ago
Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom Leonardo Full timeJob Description Your Impact You will work as a member of a joint venture team within the Indirect Procurement team. This will include managing joint venture Indirect Procurement requirements. The role sits within the Indirect Procurement team which interfaces with functional teams, providing over-arching indirect procurement services. You will be required to...
-
Technology Category Manager
2 days ago
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom Primark Full timeThe Technology Category Manager leads the activities across categories of spend with the accountability for developing and executing effective procurement strategies for the categories and actively contributing to the development of the procurement function’s service to Primark. What You’ll Get People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s...
-
Vendor Category Manager
10 hours ago
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom Westcoast Limited Full timeJob description: Lenovo Value Category Manager At Westcoast, we take pride in distributing some of the most renowned global IT brands to resellers, retailers, and organizations across the UK and beyond. As an innovative and inclusive company, we thrive on teamwork and the diverse talents of our people. We invite you to turn your passion into a rewarding...
