What’s the role about?

In this role you will be a key member of the Category Proposition Group (CPG) leadership team. With this leadership group, you will be responsible for supporting the Head of CPG in developing an ambitious yet realistic 1-3 year commercial plan for your category.

You will lead on the Category strategy projects for your CPG area, This involves leading cross functional teams of 20+ people to create 3 year plans for the category, which have clear actions against multiple levers such as range, price, promotions, product development, efficiency and which deliver improved performance against customer and commercial targets.

This is the ideal role for a strategic thinker who has an analytical and commercial mindset and is driven to get things done. 

Please note, the salary range for this role is £58,300 - £93,700 per annum (FTE) 

Internally, this role is known as Category Manager

What will you be doing as a Category Strategy Manager?

Some of the accountabilities for this role include:

• Member of the CPG leadership team.

• Working with the CPG leadership team, responsible for developing the 1-3 year commercial plan for the CPG which includes the priority areas for investment, category strategy, COGs and efficiency and delivers against clearly defined targets (e.g. market share, sales, profit). Closely track performance against this and manage necessary inflight actions.

• Use the Category Roles Framework and Category Strategy process as well as input from the lever owners to create clear, ambitious and deliverable multi-year Category Strategies across the levers (eg. price, promotions, range) which deliver improved performance against customer and commercial metrics (eg market share, sales, profit).

• Leads cross functional teams of 20+ people (across Buying, Brand Development, Technical, Space, Value, Customer, Retail and Merchandising, Supply Chain) on each category strategy project and ensure they deliver against stretching customer and commercial targets with clear ownership and accountability of all required actions and follow up, benefits tracking and corrective action taken where necessary. Influencing senior stakeholders is a critical success factor

Please see the attached Job Outline for full details relating to this role.

Existing Partners should click here to view the Job Outline.

What you’ll have:

• Degree level or equivalent level

• Very strong analytical skills and critical thinking

• Experience in Strategy development preferably in a retail or commercial environment

• Senior Buying or Category management experience or commercial equivalent

• Financial acumen

• Stakeholder management and influencing

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