Category Manager Designate – FTC – Booker Group
Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1LTShift Hours: 38 hrs per week (Monday – Friday)Salary: Competitive
Reporting to:Category Manager Based: Wellingborough / Watford
Job Summary
Play a key role in shaping our product categories, delighting customers, and driving cash profit – all while building standout skills in a major UK business.
Were excited to offer a10month fixedterm opportunity to join our Catering team as aCategory Manager – Designate. This role is perfect for someone who wants to accelerate their career, gain handson experience in a large, wellestablished organisation, and develop the kind of commercial skills that open doors.
As a Category Manager – Designate, youll be stepping into a role designed aroundyour growth. Youll work closely with an experienced mentor, be supported by a structured development programme, and get real exposure to how a major product function operates. Youll build confidence, learn how to manage a product portfolio, and contribute to decisions that genuinely impact the business.
Whether youre looking to step up, switch direction, or gain experience in a competitive field, this role gives you the platform to do it – with the backing of a respected brand and a team invested in your development.
This is a hybrid role, giving you the flexibility to balance focused home working with valuable inperson collaboration.
- The development and implementation of category plans ensuring delivery of sales, margin and profit are met whilst maintaining continuity of product availability.
- Source and manage products to grow both brand and own brand sales and profitability.
- Work with suppliers to deliver best availability, profitability and customer satisfaction.
- Seek and react to customer feedback to help shape the category plan.
- Develop and communicate a category plan for the relevant product category.
- Ensure product range reflects customer needs, e.g. follows the principles of good, better and best.
- Communicate and develop relationships across other parts of the business, e.g. supply chain, sales teams and operations.
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence championing diversity and inclusion.
Operational skills relevant for this job
- Exceptional communication & stakeholder management
- Be able to work independently to problem solve and make commercial decisions
- Solid understanding of commercial requirements, profit calculation, sales analysis,
- 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
Experience relevant for this job:
- Understanding of Buying
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