Category Manager
$55,000–$55,000 year
HybridManchester, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Own assigned categories by developing commercial strategies that drive profitable growth and customer value. Manage category performance using sales, margin, and market data to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and deliver against P&L targets. Create trend-led assortments and promotional plans while building supplier relationships to negotiate terms and activation opportunities. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute category initiatives and provide commercially focused recommendations based on customer and market insights. Spend time with customers and partners to understand emerging trends and shopper behavior. This 12-month fixed-term role at Co-op Wholesale requires experience in retail, wholesale, or FMCG and proficiency in tools like MicroStrategy, Circana, and GSCOP.
Required Qualifications
- Category, commercial or trading experience within retail, wholesale, FMCG or a similar fast-paced environment
- A strong understanding of how range, pricing and promotional decisions drive sales, margin and customer value
- The ability to use customer, market and performance insights to identify opportunities and make sound commercial decisions
- Experience building strong relationships with suppliers and stakeholders, influencing outcomes and delivering results through collaboration
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to challenge thinking and champion your recommendations
- Experience using commercial reporting and insight tools such as MicroStrategy, Circana, Excel and PowerPoint
- A good understanding of GSCOP
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