Category Assistant

6 days ago


Northampton, United Kingdom City Plumbing Full time

Are you looking to take your first step into a career in Buying or Category? Do you have the driveand ambition to work within a dynamic, commercial business? If so, this could be the perfect role for you

With new ownership of City Plumbing, we are investing in our teams with aNew Category Assistant being the next part of that growth.

Interested? Read on to find out more

The Role:
As a Buying or Category Assistant at City Plumbing, you will play a vital role in being the first point of contact for our expansive branch network and suppliers, supporting our Category team for Controls and Tools in ensuring we have the right range of productsfor our customers at the right gross margin profitability, securing the maximum amount of funding from our suppliers to support that range.

What you will do:

- Using your great communication skills, you will ensure requests and queries from our Branches are dealt with quickly and efficiently.
- You’ll have an eye for detail, ensuring accurate data is provided to help the team understand the trading performance of our categories and customers.
- A great team player, who will collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders of all levels to help deliver commercial projects in a fast paced & growing category.
- You will also own & maintain data, to ensure our online content, system data, pricing & promotional activity isaccurate and customer-focused..

This is a hybrid-based opportunity with true flexibility to work from home, but you should be within commutable distance of our newly refurbished offices in Crick, Northamptonshire.

This means you could be based in Corby, Coventry, Hinkley, Kettering, Leamington Spa, Leicester, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Harborough, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Northampton, Nuneaton, Oundle, Peterborough, Rugby, Rushden, Tamworth, Wellingborough,as well as Crick itself.

Who are we looking for ?

Being a graduate or entry-level opportunity, previous experience isn’t essential.

We just need you to be great with numbers, sharp with data and able to balance lots of different tasks at the same time

You will also need the confidence to build relationships, be prepared to work at pace and most of all not be afraid to get stuck in.

Does this sound like you ? You may have retail experience, be a recent graduate or currently working in our network already. If you are looking to build a career, this could be a great first step on your journey, with the opportunity to work in a dynamicbusiness surrounded by passionate people who are driven to succeed.

Our terminology might not sound familiar, so other roles you may know which are similar would be: Admin, Buying, Procurement, Category, Commercial, or Retail

Who are we ?

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete plumbing & heating jobs. The exciting bit however is the growing Energy Efficiency part of our business, creatingnew opportunities to engage with suppliers, range new products

We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re super excited about our future.We offer our employees great company benefits and the support of a team who values your developmentas much as you do.

Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:

- Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
- Savings on driving lessons, phone bills, gym memberships as well as further benefits
- Life assurance
- Bonus
- Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
- Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, let's be there for each other
- Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
- Financial education and loans
- Flexible working options
- Striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
- And more

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