Sports Category Manager
4 days ago
**SPORTSWEAR | CATEGORY MANAGER | ATHLEISURE & SPORTS | UP TO £45,000 | MANCHESTER**
Arguably, these guys are one of the biggest retailers making market leaders watch their backs. After almost 10 years of trading, they're now on the look out for making certain departments bigger so that they can go after, and deliver ambitious growth plans.
If you love apparel, more importantly sports and athleisure, then this is a role where you can embrace innovative thinking & pushing the boundaries In this role you will develop and set the pace of trading a successful area of the business...
**As the Category Manager you will**:
- Manage all ranges with merchandising, product developers and designers
- Review all product proposals at a detailed level, from fabric, price point, supplier and volumes
- You will want to know how each style fits into certain categories of your department
- You will monitor and review department mixes with the merchandising function
- Attend wholesale & partner meetings, supportive the selection process
- Create and monitor with the merchandising function all reports, actions and strategies by partner, but at all times protecting the brands image
- Seek and obtain new partnerships and business to drive the growth of your departments
- Continuously strive for improving product - working closely to design and product developers - always staying one step ahead
- Define and plan the trading calendar
- Monitor and regularly track critical dates with the product teams
- Review all market intel monthly, if not weekly, by always having your eye on the competition
- Launch and monitor the success of launches at all levels of trading i.e store, online or via partners
- Plan key strategy decks, sharing with internal and external stakeholders
**As the Senior Category Manager you must**:
- Be from a wholesale, merchandising or category management background
- Have a Bachelors degree in business or fashion
- Must have led a team and have been a direct line manager
- developed and trained other
- Be from a retail, head office
- Developed, implemented and seen the results of your own strategy plans
- Have a strong knowledge or passion about the sports areas you will oversee
Zachary Daniels is a Niche, National & International Recruitment Consultancy.
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