Category Manager - Vape

Reporting to

Head of Category Management

Wellingborough, Eccles or Watford

Maximising the profitability of specified product categories, improving customer satisfaction, and cash profit.

We are looking to recruit a Category Manager role in the Tobacco/VAPE team, which can be based from either of our Eccles, Wellingborough or Watford offices.

• The development and implementation of category plans ensuring delivery of sales, margin and profit are met whilst maintaining continuity of product availability.
• Growth of own brand business, sourcing as appropriate to grow sales and margins.
• Annual negotiation with suppliers to ensure competitive terms year on year.
• Seek and react to customer feedback at every opportunity, shaping the category plan, whilst linking to the sell plan and customer satisfaction.
• Responds to customer queries and complaints professionally, at speed.
• Be able to communicate category plans and objectives for relevant product categories, ensuring understanding and buy-in is achieved.
• Ensure product area in the business centres reflect the principles of good, better and best.
• Working as part of the team to identify opportunities and develop or improve ways of working.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence championing diversity and inclusion.

• Exceptional communication & stakeholder management.
• Be able to work independently, to problem solve and make commercial decisions.
• Attention to detail, writing of reports, interpreting data and keeping of accurate records.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant markets and market developments.
• Ability to flex work approach.

• Previous experience buying fresh products desired
• Extensive experience in working in FMG
• Have a proven record of working autonomously.
• Have experience of development and management of marketing camp