Category Manager

3 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Communisis Full time

About Communisis

We power brand engagement through outstanding communications, conversations, and outcomes that make lives better. Our company creates, sources, manages, and delivers brand communications across all sectors, channels, and geographies. Headquartered in the UK, but with offices in 25 countries worldwide, we are committed to providing innovative, sustainable, and trusted solutions to our clients.

The Role

We are seeking a Category Manager to join our team on a full-time, permanent basis. This position is open to residents in the UK – with occasional travel to London required. The Category Manager will develop and deliver, in collaboration with key stakeholders, a category strategy and plan to improve the value and other outcomes for Communisis and its clients.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement category strategies to drive sales and revenue growth.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyse category performance and identify opportunities for optimisation.
  • Manage inventory and pricing strategies for goods.
  • Develop partnerships with suppliers and retailers to accelerate growth and market share.
  • Provide insight to business stakeholders through the analysis of spend, supply markets, and savings to enable appropriate actions in maximising benefit or reducing risk.
  • Analyse market trends and drive performance.

Requirements

  • 2-3 years vocational experience in the marketing and procurement industry.
  • Experience in a fast-moving consumer goods industry.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Happy to present information to stakeholders and enter negotiations.
  • The ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams with diverse cultures and experience.
  • Experience in developing partnerships with suppliers and stakeholders.
  • Category management experience with thorough knowledge of a professional sourcing process models (category strategy development, tendering processes, negotiation planning, negotiation, supplier performance management, value engineering, e-procurement, and P2P processes).
  • Experience influencing stakeholders.
  • Working towards KPIs.
  • Pricing and analysis for supply chain.

Embracing Inclusion, Equality, and Diversity

Communisis is committed to creating a great place to work for everyone, celebrating the things that make everyone unique and delivering an inclusive and diverse business that is reflective of our communities. We recognise and value the benefits to the business and colleagues that is gained by embracing inclusion, equality, and diversity – we encourage people to be themselves at work and want to create a true sense of belonging.


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