Assistant Category Manager

3 weeks ago

Nuneaton Warwickshire, United Kingdom China-Britain Business Council Full time
Assistant Category Manager - Beauty (12 Month FTC) (28571)

Join our team and be part of a company that truly lives its values. With our expertise and commitment to innovation, we aim to build trust and make health and wellness accessible to all. By fostering inclusivity and care, we work collaboratively to improve the well-being of our colleagues, customers, and communities.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Buying Team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract here at Holland & Barrett. As an Assistant Category Manager, you will be a pivotal part of our Buying Team, driving the product management process for a specialist, market-leading retailer. Your role involves strategic buying, supplier negotiation, and promotion planning to deliver customer-centric ranges that meet financial targets. Ideal opportunity for a highly driven individual with experience in retail buying.

The Role

  • Continuously reviewing current Category performance and the market place, to ensure you understand how your area is currently trading, and how you can build on this to deliver profitable growth.
  • Working with the supplier base to deliver an innovative and profitable product range to meet anticipated customer demand and improve the commercial performance of the Category.
  • Leading supplier negotiations and joint business planning for our key strategic partners, to maximise profitability, ensuring that suppliers meet requirements on margin, marketing support and delivery performance.
  • Leading the promotional trade planning process and master plan for the category which is customer led and drives profitable sales growth, and being supplier funding champion/lead for the category.
  • Delivering range reviews for your category focussed on meeting the needs of our customers, and delivering profitable growth.
  • Working with the Trade Planning and marketing teams to maximise the success of promotional activity and NPD launches.
  • Working with the Digital team to understand our customer behaviour online and tailor purchasing mechanics for trial, conversion & repeat.
  • Providing information and analysis to assess levels of slow moving stock and work with the team to clear. Maintain stock at agreed levels for planned activity and to reduce overstocks.

Location: The company has a Hub in Nuneaton and we typically expect colleagues to spend at least one to two days each week in the office. There may also be occasional travel to other locations. We're a global, digitally enabled business and we expect our colleagues to be self-driven and to determine the most appropriate place to work each day to meet the requirements of the role, achieve their best performance and optimum output.

The Person

  • Experience of Retail Buying or Category Management.
  • Experience in Beauty is desired
  • Good negotiation skills and influencing skills.
  • Strong communication and time management skills.
  • Track record of working independently.
  • Ability to build relationships both with suppliers and internal multi-discipline team

If you're passionate about beauty, thrive in a dynamic retail environment, and have a proven track record in category management, we invite you to apply and be part of our exciting journey Apply now to contribute to the success of a market leader in health and wellness.

What we offer

Our Benefits  for this role include, but not limited to:

  • H&B Employee Discount - 25%
  • Pension company contribution
  • Exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers
  • And many more

We're passionate about helping every colleague thrive across all dimensions of wellbeing, and we're committed to having a diverse and inclusive workplace. In line with our EPIC values (Expertise, Pioneering, Inclusive, Caring), we embrace and actively celebrate all our colleagues unique and varying experiences, backgrounds, identities and cultures - I am me, we are H&B.

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