Senior Category Manager
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver category strategies that drive sales, margin and long-term growth.
- Build strong supplier relationships and lead Joint Business Planning activity.
- Manage category ranging, pricing and assortment to optimise customer choice and profitability.
- Negotiate supplier funding for promotions, marketing activity and commercial initiatives.
- Analyse market trends, customer insight and commercial performance to identify growth opportunities.
- Deliver seasonal plans, promotional programmes and category launches across the business.
- Develop a balanced branded and own-label proposition to maximise commercial performance.
- Monitor promotional effectiveness, forecasting accuracy and category KPIs.
- Work collaboratively across commercial, marketing, supply chain and operational teams.
- Support and mentor Category Assistants, helping to develop capability across the team.
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience within Category Management, Buying or Commercial roles in FMCG, wholesale or foodservice.
- Strong commercial acumen with experience developing and delivering category strategies.
- Excellent supplier negotiation and relationship management skills.
- Experience managing pricing, promotions, range reviews and category performance.
- Strong analytical capability with the ability to turn data into commercial decisions.
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Highly organised with excellent project management skills.
- Passion for delivering continuous improvement and commercial growth.
