Assistant Category Manager | Health & Wellness
 
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Category Manager to join our team in one of the fastest growing categories in the Supermarket, Health & Wellness.
 
This role is responsible for delivering a range that is simple to shop and enhances our customers' perceptions of our value, quality and innovation whilst delivering to target on sales growth profitability and market share.
 
The primary responsibilities of an Assistant Category Manager include, however, will not be limited to:
 

• Buying focus, with an emphasis on project management across a number of cross functional initiatives, such as Range Reviews, Promotional Strategy, and bringing new products to market
• Further developing our strategic supplier relationships through effective communication and negotiation
• Increase sales and profit through implementation of strategic program initiatives
• Using your analytical skills and understanding of customer insights to make informed decisions
• Delivering optimum ranges via a planned review schedule, offering choice that is store tailored, reflective of the category roles, incorporates changing customer trends and utilises focused customer insight
• Identifying new, customer led, product opportunities and bringing these into range
• Negotiating commercials with suppliers around cost of goods, promotional & marketing funding
• Ensuring ranges are easy to shop and merchandise, improve customer availability and improve sales and profitability.

 
About You:
 
We are looking for an Assistant Category Manager who is looking to join a strong team of performers in a key category within our supermarkets.  You will be comfortable in working with a large number of suppliers, also onboarding new suppliers, and will enjoy bringing new ideas to this high potential category.  
 
A passion for relationship building via effective communication, and a focus on making a difference in our stores and for our customers are keys to success in this role. Being the successful candidate will see you make an impact on our Health & Wellness offer for all of our customers.
 
To be successful you will have:
 

• Previous buying experience or exposure to commercial buying 
• Sound commercial acumen
• Be customer centric and able to develop a customer focused plan
• Demonstrated the ability to negotiate and influence with cross functional and external stakeholders
• An innovation and continuous improvement focused mentality
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to use customer insights and data to make strategic and commercial business decisions
• Proven ability of delivering against KPIs within previous roles