Category Manager

Location: Poole
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am-5pm office based
Salary: c £45k DOE + Co bonus paid monthly and annually
Benefits: 22 days rising after 2 years, Holiday buy-back scheme, Pension, Growth by sharing bonus scheme, on-site parking, Modern open-plan offices, Free lunch every Friday, Company sick pay, company social and corporate events, monthly + annual bonus structure, training provided.
PLEASE NOTE, YOU MUST DRIVE AND HAVE YOUR OWN CAR FOR THIS ROLE.
Aspire Jobs are delighted to be working with our client who are a well-established family run business who are on a growth trajectory and who are now looking for to recruit a Category Manager to join their hardworking team at their office based in Poole, Dorset.
This role will see you working across multiple categories, with a positive approach where you can consolidate, de-risk and project manage that category. You will naturally have a very customer centric approach to your work.
The successful Category Manager will have: -
* Senior buying/procurement experience at high level (FMCG or high-volume component parts as an example)
* Able to work at fast pace with high SKUs’s
* A real ownership/can do mindset
* Superb Excel and data analysis experience
* Ability to build relationships confidently with suppliers – some travel will be required
* Strategic category or project management experience from a procurement background
* Be commercially minded and entrepreneurial
* Be good with systems
* Be able to think for yourself on a daily basis/self-starter
* Ability to prioritise and manage your own workload
Job duties for the Category Manager are: -
* Supplier Management including supplier scoping, right sizing and risk management
* Relationship building with strategic suppliers
* Category Planning
* Complete annual category strategy pack with execution plan for GP improvement, savings and consolidation projects that are road mapped and tracked through to delivery in line with business and team goals
* Understand slow moving lines and backlog of stock with plan of how to reduce
* Price negotiation and tracking of savings and consolidation targets achieved
* Looking for opportunities within the categories to grow and scale their own brand product offer
* Understanding the volumes and product requirements to ensure the right supply base is used effectively
* Create data sheets and tech packs to ensure we maintain all control over IP on new products introduced to the range. Oversee all quality control of new products to ensure standards and expectations are met on first deliveries.
This role would suit someone with Senior buying, procurement, purchasing experience