Assistant Category Manager - Beauty (12 Month FTC)
Holland & Barrett
- Nuneaton, Warwickshire
- Contract
- Full-time
- Continuously reviewing current Category performance and the market place, to ensure you understand how your area is currently trading, and how you can build on this to deliver profitable growth.
- Working with the supplier base to deliver an innovative and profitable product range to meet anticipated customer demand and improve the commercial performance of the Category.
- Leading supplier negotiations and joint business planning for our key strategic partners, to maximise profitability, ensuring that suppliers meet requirements on margin, marketing support and delivery performance.
- Leading the promotional trade planning process and master plan for the category which is customer led and drives profitable sales growth, and being supplier funding champion/lead for the category.
- Delivering range reviews for your category focussed on meeting the needs of our customers, and delivering profitable growth.
- Working with the Trade Planning and marketing teams to maximise the success of promotional activity and NPD launches.
- Working with the Digital team to understand our customer behaviour online and tailor purchasing mechanics for trial, conversion & repeat.
- Providing information and analysis to assess levels of slow moving stock and work with the team to clear. Maintain stock at agreed levels for planned activity and to reduce overstocks.
- Experience of Retail Buying or Category Management.
- Experience in Beauty is desired
- Good negotiation skills and influencing skills.
- Strong communication and time management skills.
- Track record of working independently.
- Ability to build relationships both with suppliers and internal multi-discipline team
- H&B Employee Discount - 25%
- Pension company contribution
- Exclusive benefits, free advice and savings from a range of retailers and providers
- And many more!