Senior Category Manager

1 month ago


Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom Brakes Full time
Senior Category Manager - Meat & Poultry

Brakes is seeking a highly skilled Senior Category Manager - Meat & Poultry to join our Merchandising team on a full-time, permanent basis. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for developing and delivering a category plan that supports range development and delivers in-year margin budget.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and deliver a category plan that supports range development and delivers in-year margin budget
  • Own and activate all in-year deliverables, including range plan, NPD with gap analysis and activation / growth levers
  • Project manage Sysco 6 Stage Category Management programme
  • Run promotions and implement intelligent pricing recommendations to protect existing business and grow new opportunities
  • Support delivery of strategic priorities such as Brakes Essentials, Sysco premium and partnership with Sysco Subsidiary companies
  • Develop strategic relationships with partner suppliers, to drive growth and support margin investment opportunities across range, promotions and marketing plans
  • Supporting corporate sustainability policy, ensuring that all opportunities for recognition with accreditation bodies are realised
Requirements:
  • Results-based with a demonstrated track record of applying financial, commercial or procurement skills to a range of business-related objectives
  • High level of commercial ability, combined with relevant commercial sourcing and / or category experience across a choice of categories
  • Experience of driving sales and margin, ideally with customers and internal insight and data analytics
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including Excel, (VLOOKUP, Formula, Pivot Tables) and PowerPoint
  • Experience of using Tableau
  • Desirable to hold a professional Qualification in Marketing, Category Management, Merchandising or CIPS
What We Offer:
  • Competitive salary
  • Company car allowance of £7,000
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Single private medical healthcare cover
  • Generous holiday allowance of 25 days + bank holidays, with option to purchase additional holidays
  • Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
  • Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sysco benefits portal
  • Real career opportunities - being part of Sysco, the world's leading foodservice business, opens a world of possibility


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