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Assistant Category Manager

Employer
BMS Performance Ltd – Sales jobs
Location
England, Northamptonshire
Salary
£25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + 10% bonus, discounts, pension
Closing date
2 Mar 2018

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Category Management

Job Details



Assistant Category Assistant - Northampton - c£25 - 30,000 + Benefits
  • Role within an industry leading manufacturer
  • Massive strategic investment
  • Working with large fast paced marketing and product teams
  • Fantastic office environment


The company recruiting the Assistant Category Manager:

This is a large award-winning market leading manufacturer that has experienced massive growth which has led to the development of a new team structure to accommodate. This company offers a fast-paced environment, with a work hard, play hard culture and excellent career opportunities in a great open plan inspiring place to work. Working with high quality, design inspired products that you can relate to.
  • A company that will help shape your career goals
  • Fast paced, driven environment
  • An opportunity to work with a large overall team of category, product and marketing.
  • Lots of team building events



The role for Assistant Category Manager:

You will work with the category manager to support a selected portfolio with some autonomy opportunity of your own. With previous experience in a category related role you will use your skills to review ranges utilising your ability to collate and summarise data. Investigate customer, competitor and trend changes, reacting quickly to the market to keep your category relevant. As the Assistant Category Manager you will manage sales values, margins and volume sales reporting findings to relevant internal and external stakeholders.
  • Range performance - sales value, margins, volume sales
  • Competitor reviews
  • Provide customer, market, commercial insight
  • Collate and manage, analyse all data to improve growth plans
  • Reporting into a matrix structure




The requirements for Assistant Category Manager:

You will need to demonstrate commercial acumen with previous experience in a category or buyer type role with proven ability to manage various data and summarise quickly and accurately to grow your category.
  • Previous category, buying or similar experience
  • From a retail type, fast paced background or similar
  • Date driven - ability to manipulate and summarise
  • Commercially minded
  • Strong negotiation and relations building skills
  • Solutions driven




The package for Assistant Category Manager:
  • £25,000 to £30,000
  • 10 % Bonus
  • Pension
  • Discounts
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • Event and team building activities
  • Fantastic working environment
  • Free Parking


Company

People are at the heart of everything we do, whether wanting to progress, looking to hire or deciding to train we deliver a smarter, faster and more effective experience for you.  From graduates to directors, we connect exceptional people with exceptional companies.

We deliver training programmes designed to transform performance and improve outcomes. Our proposition utilises Open Courses, Bespoke Programmes and eLearning.

Set up in 1990 we operate across 8 offices, 3 assessment centres and 4 training venues.

BMS Performance delivers the complete talent management solution.

Exceptional companies recruit exceptional people

Exceptional people make exceptional companies

Exceptional companies develop exceptional people

 

Company info
Website
Location
Head Office - Mead House
49 High Street
Egham
Surrey
TW20 9EW
GB

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