Category Manager
RS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Corby • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Accountable for developing and executing category strategies that deliver targeted profitable growth, customer acquisition, and strong ROI.
- Define the market leading brands, latest products and ground-breaking technologies to help drive growth across EMEA.
- Maintain the supplier and product portfolio including the end-to-end product lifecycle.
- Manage a portfolio of key and strategic suppliers, including supplier management and performance, negotiating contracts and improved commercial terms.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management and experience maintaining supplier and product portfolios.
- Proven ability to manage key and strategic suppliers, including performance monitoring and relationship building.
- Skilled in negotiating contracts and commercial terms to deliver improved outcomes.
- Ability to define and deliver a market-leading product offer, including identifying leading brands, latest products, and innovative technologies.
- Excellent collaboration skills to build strong internal and external partnerships that drive growth across EMEA.
- Commercial acumen with a focus on driving supplier performance and achieving business objectives.
Benefits
- pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
- medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
- transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
- our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product lifecycle managementsupplier managementcontract negotiationcommercial terms negotiationportfolio management
Soft skills
collaborationrelationship buildingcommercial acumen