Category Development Manager - EBS
Manchester, UK (On-site)
Posted 1 day ago
Job Summary
Own and drive the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category performance in-store, partnering with field teams to optimise availability, inventory accuracy, and compliant fixtures, while building strong retailer relationships and delivering training and insights.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Executing the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category strategy to the highest standard.
- Influencing availability through a consultative, collaborative approach with in-store teams.
- Ensuring robust back-of-house processes, product protection and system compliance.
- Improving inventory accuracy through regular stock takes and root-cause analysis.
- Ensuring EBS fixtures are fully compliant to planograms, including SELs, facings and capacities.
- Acting as the key point of contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun building strong, long-term store relationships.
- Conducting business reviews with store managers to drive store and regional growth.
- Using the Field View sales app to analyse performance, identify opportunity and create actionable plans.
- Sharing category insights, trends and data where approved to drive engagement and results.
- Delivering high-quality training to store colleagues on new products, initiatives and category knowledge.
Requirements
- Excellent organisation and communication skills.
- Strong relationship-building ability and a consultative mindset.
- Experience combining negotiation skills with category development to grow sales.
- Knowledge of grocery and high-street retail environments.
- Understanding of category management.
- A self-motivated, resilient individual who thrives on achieving results.
- Full UK driving licence and eligibility to work in the UK.
Benefits
- £28,700 salary
- Up to 15% performance-related bonus
- Company car & fuel card
- Clear career development opportunities
- Incentive programmes, including retailer discount schemes
- Health, wellbeing and financial guidance support
- Holiday accrual linked to length of service
Field Sales Solutions
We are Field Sales Solutions.We work in partnership with our clients to activate sales and deliver retail excellence.We do this through empowering our Field Sales teams with clear objectives, sense of purpose and effective technology, and measure our success by evaluating the return on investment.
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