Senior Category Manager
hace 3 días
Yeovil
Senior Category Manager | Somerset | Hybrid Are you a commercially sharp, people-focused Category leader ready to take ownership of a high-impact, growth-driving category? This is a brilliant opportunity to join our client at their Head Office in Somerset, leading a strategically significant category that sits right at the heart of the business's future growth ambitions. Reporting to the Director of Trading, you'll have full P&L accountability and the platform to shape, influence and elevate a powerhouse category across the organisation. The Opportunity As Senior Category Manager, you'll: • Own and evolve the category strategy, aligning it to wider business objectives and market opportunity, • Lead at Board and Senior Leadership level, presenting performance, risks and growth plans with confidence, • Drive sustainable sales, margin and working capital performance, • Build and nurture strong supplier partnerships, negotiating best-in-class commercial terms, • Champion innovation - from new product introduction to phasing out underperforming SKUs, • Collaborate cross-functionally across Trading, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance and Digital What We're Looking For You'll likely be operating as a Senior Buyer, Category Manager or similar within a retail environment, with: • A proven track record of delivering category growth, • Strong commercial acumen and full P&L management experience, • Excellent supplier negotiation and influencing skills, • Advanced financial and analytical capability, • Experience leading and developing high-performing teams, • The ability to translate strategy into clear, focused action Beyond the opportunity to truly shape a category and influence at senior level, the benefits package is exceptional: • 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays, with 5 flexible days), • Hybrid working, • Discretionary bonus, • Company car car allowance, • Private medical cover (individual and family options), • 20% discount, • Enhanced family leave, • EV scheme, • Share save scheme and award-winning Pension BH35647 JBRP1_UKTJ