Indirect Category Manager

5 days ago

Normanton West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Elevation Recruitment Group Full time €42,000

Role : FTC Category Manager– Normanton - 12 months maternity leave Salary : £42K per annum
Working Hours : Monday – Friday 9am-5pm
23 Days holiday + bank holidays
~ Pension
~ Private Health care
~ Life Cover
~ Onsite parking

Elevation Recruitment Group - Marketing Division are excited to be working with a national distributor with a sustainability ethos and a great employee culture.
The Category Manager will be required to travel to other Group locations to work alongside colleagues and for external meetings as appropriate (including internationally).
This includes a multiyear approach to drive forward the category and develop our product range, new brands and supplier relationships. The category will need to deliver for all the different sales channels within the Group. The role will need to deliver on a variety of commercial targets including cost price, rebates, price support and working capital. Supplier management is at the heart of the role, and they will need to manage that relationship to the benefit of our client whilst ensuring the supplier is engaged in the opportunities within the Group.

Manage their category range to ensure our client has the right products to service its different sales channels. Alongside the Purchasing team, oversee the development of unique private label product ranges from suppliers in the UK, Europe and the Rest of the World
Have a strategy to support the achievement of purchase and sales targets including regular, monitoring, communications & corrective actions
Present category plans to senior management
Ensure due diligence is performed on all new suppliers in accordance with Responsible Procurement policy and coordinating with the Compliance Manager on new products
Through the product management team manage the full process of bringing new products to market including internal communication with the relevant departments, key areas being inventory, operations and marketing. Report on supplier performance and manage communication with suppliers on issues and improvement plans where required.
Support Group Inventory with problematic key suppliers and negotiate solutions to poor performance
Developed supplier management skills.
Time management is critical in this job role, so the ability to focus and drive to meet goals, deadlines and manage their workload is key.
Have a good understanding of the end to end sales process including sourcing, stockholding, pricing, operations and how they relate to, and impact true profitability
Ability to manage critical business data in a confidential manner
Appreciation of and understanding of the legal implications of this role through legislative and regulatory knowledge.

Strong negotiating and supplier management skills
Experience buying products from manufacturers and major international brands
Ability to project plan the introduction of new products and resourcing existing lines.
Strong numeracy skills, the ability to manipulate and present data
Ability to successfully deliver multiple projects simultaneously

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