Assistant Category Manager
Watford, Hertfordshire
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Wickes is an exciting, fast paced, changing environment and we have a lot planned for 2020! We strongly believe our culture is one of the many reasons people join us as well as the opportunity to excel and get involved in different initiatives, we’re a great bunch!
If you are hungry for a career within category management and have experience working in a commercial team and are passionate about getting the best deal, have great communication skills and are able to use analysis to understand your market and customer, read on!
Work closely with the Wickes Customer Experience team, ensuring that customer need and proposition are represented within advertising & promotional activity
Working with the Marketing team to ensure that all deadlines for advertising / promotions / price guides are met.
Develop & own a category communication process including the development of templates and a channel / customer matrix to support timely communications of product launches / promotions/ clearance and other activities with stores and the Wickes operations team
Work with the product supply analyst to minimise stock holdings whilst developing improved processes which improve on shelf availability.
Work with supply chain and suppliers to ensure product availability, management of stock turn and problem stock issues are identified and resolved
Ensure that all administration tasks are completed accurately and with a timely completion.
Manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, continually increasing standards of customer service through continual review and improvement to processes.
Take full ownership for a group of suppliers and sub categories including product listings and profitability
Maths and English GCSE Grades A-C.
Previous buying experience is desirable
Experience working with suppliers from the Middle East is desirable
High attention to detail and accuracy.
Good communication skills
Track record of learning quickly and responding to change.
Tenacity to resolve differences.
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