Assistant Category Manager

**Role** - Assistant Category Manager

**Location** - Leeds LS15 8GB

**Salary** - £28,000 - £35,000 per annum

**About Us**

Pharmacy2U is the UK's first and largest online pharmacy, we're a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 20 years’ experience, helping over 600,000 patients in England manage their NHS repeat prescriptions from request through to delivery. Our aim isto further disrupt the industry for the benefit of patients with leadership that is passionate about building the skills and expertise of our teams
- “come and join the rocket ship”- CEO Mark Livingstone.

**Role**

To support the delivery of the Chemist Direct strategy, exceeding budgeted sales, profit and marketing income targets in the Lifestyle Category and Pharmacy2U.

**Responsibilities**
- Assist SCM in selecting, pricing and positioning of category products.
- Support the Lifestyle categories product content, pricing and promotional lifecycle ensuring the product detail, pricing, systems, images, supplier promotional submissions to agreed policies, standards and timelines.
- Support the SCM in managing, nurturing and developing supplier relationships
- Work with Marketing and Content teams to ensure online content is accurate and optimised.
- Assist SCM in working with suppliers and Supply Chain to maximise Inbound (supplier) & Outbound (customer availability) to agreed targets including stock holding targets.
- Supporting the Senior Category Manager and Head of Category as required.
- Ensuring that the workplace remains fun, relaxed and friendly.

**Skills**
- Demonstrably Customer Focussed and willingness to learn
- Highly analytical and numerate with the ability to convert analysis and identify business benefits
- Microsoft Office proficient - Ability to use Excel at intermediate level (Vlookups, Pivots, calculations, sort and filter etc)
- Commercially astute with a keen eye for product with impeccable attention to detail
- Self-starter and able to demonstrate drive, initiative and proactivity
- Ability to prioritise and organise tasks and workload
- Ability to work with others as part of a team with strong communication skills (verbal and written) and effectively manage stakeholders
- Ability to influence others effectively, managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Hands on Problem Solver - demonstrating flexibility and tenacity - “thinking on your feet”
- Awareness of Buying / Category Management / E Commerce operations desirable but not essential
- Experience of working in a highly complex, dynamic and pressured environment, delivering targets to tight deadlines
- Appreciation of working within company with ethical rules and regulations
- Experience of managing highly complex dynamic FMCG supply chain
- Experience of e-commerce desirable but not essential
- Experience in Influencing / Negotiating desirable
- Experience of creating, developing and maintaining relationships

**What we will offer you**
- Occupational sick pay
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Contributory pension
- Discounted insurance (Aviva)
- Employee discount site
- Employee assistance programme
- Online health and wellbeing resource
- In house mental health support
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- Discounted gym membership
- Registration fees paid (GPhC, NMC, CIPD etc)
- 25% Discount on staff health and beauty purchases
- Park life membership (exclusive offers and discounts for the Springs, Leeds)
- Free onsite parking and refreshments
- Electric vehicle charging points
- Cycle to work scheme
- Green car scheme
- 25 days annual leave increasing with service plus bank holidays or 28 days annual leave
- Flexible/Hybrid working
- Commitment to CPD (training fees paid)
- Refer a friend bonus
- Blue Light Card

Key Words: Assistant Category Manager, Brand Manager, Marketing Analyst, Product Manager, Sales Analyst, Time Management, Organisational Skills, product knowledge, problem solving

**Applicants must be able to prove they have the Right to Work in the UK**

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