ACM Haircare

What You'll Be Doing

Join Boots' Haircare Category team in Nottingham in a role where your work will directly shape the performance of one of the fastest-growing categories in the business. As Assistant Category Manager, you'll take ownership of the day-to-day trading performance of key haircare brands and categories, helping to turn insight into clear commercial action.

Contract:

12 Mths FTC/Secondment

Location:

Nottingham

Recruitment Partner:
Anastasia Walker

Reporting to the Category Manager, you'll build momentum through bold annual plans and deliver them with pace, accuracy and ambition. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys commercial ownership, thrives in an on-site team environment, and wants to play a visible part in growing Boots' haircare business further through new launches and category development.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day performance of key brands and categories within Haircare.
• Help drive momentum across the category by identifying opportunities to unlock growth.
• Build bold, insight-led annual plans that support sales, profit and market share growth.
• Execute category plans with pace, accuracy and ambition.
• Use commercial and category insight to understand what is driving performance and where action is needed.
• Monitor performance closely and turn data into practical trading actions.
• Work closely with the Category Manager to support delivery of team and business priorities.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external brand partners.
• Influence effectively across teams to keep plans moving and deliver results.
• Support the continued growth of the Haircare category as new brands launch and the area expands further.

What You'll Need To Have (our Must-haves)

• Commercial and category expertise, with a sharp eye for what drives performance.
• Strong understanding of the levers that improve sales, profit and market share.
• Ability to build bold, insight-led plans and translate them into action.
• Confidence using data and performance insight to make sound commercial decisions.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to deliver results across different teams.
• Relevant commercial or category experience in beauty, personal care, FMCG or a related retail environment.

It would be great if you also have

• A genuine passion for Haircare and Beauty.
• Experience in a fast-moving category or trading environment.
• Exposure to working with brand launches or category growth plans.
• Broader understanding of beauty or personal care customer trends.
• Energy for the opportunity and challenges that come with growing a developing category.

Where your brilliance can take you

This role offers the chance to build your category career in a high-growth area of Boots, with real exposure to performance ownership, annual planning and cross-functional influence. You'll deepen your commercial capability, strengthen your stakeholder management skills and gain hands‑on experience in a category with strong momentum and new brand activity. For someone ready to grow, it's a strong step towards broader category leadership within Boots, backed by a team culture built on support, progress and opportunity.

Rewards

designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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