Category Manager Food

2 months ago

Peterborough Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Amplus Talent Full time

Peterborough, Hybrid, 3 days a week

Our client are a global, e-commerce, luxury fashion brand, headquartered in Peterborough, England. They specialise in Electricity, Lighting and Hardware and deliver to over 100 countries worldwide.

Amplus Talent are on the lookout for an experienced Product Category Manager to work within an extremely creative, e-commerce orientated Product function.

Are you able to develop a vision for Product categories, paying close attention to research on market data and trends, to be able to build strategies to execute?

Do you thrive in a dynamic environment and have a natural ability to quickly shift between various different tasks, whilst still maintaining a eye for detail?

Reporting on and responding to differences in new product performance vs. plan, working cross functionally, to either increase or decrease inventory and/or create mitigation plans.
Ensuring that sales, margin, and profit expectations are met, whilst keeping a close eye on the market pricing. Developing and updating plans for categories and analysing performance of lines across all channels, to identify product gaps or exit strategies.
Creating and delivering Commercial Business Cases for projects, and Product Design Specifications.
Developing recommended assortments by customer type and potential sales volume to optimise sales, taking into account geographic and location differences.
Monitoring a Product Development Plan to ensure that deadlines are adhered to, and any changes from the plan are being communicated and managed accordingly.
Working with Design, Product Development/Engineering, Sourcing, Compliance and QC to ensure that new development will exceed performance criteria, and organisational objectives.
Delivering category training, to help you better understand your verticals, both operationally and technically.
Working closely with the Head of Product Control to monitor product quality and facilitate resolution of problems when they occur.

Experience using a PIM (Product Information Management) system would be useful.
An analytical mindset, with the ability to make qualitative assessments of past performance of products, current issues, and forecasted trends.
Good working knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles.
A passion for all things brand and category management.
Strong project management skills – experience using SmartSheet or similar would be an advantage.
Proficient spreadsheet and computer skills working in Excel, Word, Google Docs etc.

If you are interested in working for an ambitious, e-commerce, online retailer, apply directly with a copy of your CV and we’ll be in touch.

About Ampus Talent:
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