CATEGORY BUYER

STOKE ON TRENT

FULL TIME PERMANENT

COMBINATION OF HOME AND OFFICE WORKING

UP TO £37K DOE 

THE ROLE 

• Develop strong relationships with key customers to ensure that their needs are understood, identifying and prioritising the best opportunities
• Establish and maintain sound working relationships with suppliers to achieve the best possible commercial agreements and develop new supplier relationships as appropriate to deliver product differentiation within the appropriate markets
• Develop & maintain strategic partnerships with key manufacturers and suppliers to deliver the category plan providing innovation & differentiation for customers within the appropriate markets, including the development of own brand products
• Working closely with the Marketing Team, ensure that all marketing activity is planned and briefed to deadlines
• Ensuring that customer facing teams are fully briefed on all relevant products, plans and activity as appropriate
• Provide monthly reports analysing performance against targets and KPI’s
• Attend relevant trade shows where necessary to identify new product and sourcing opportunities
• Ensure the Material Planners are briefed as appropriate to maintain optimum levels of stock in order to meet the customer’s needs through planning, forecasting and placing orders
• Maintain a good working knowledge of the market place

 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• In depth knowledge of Category Management
• Previous Category Management experience in a relevant role
• Excellent communicator (written & verbal) and highly analytical
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Computer literate with knowledge of MS Excel, including formulas and pivot tables
• Highly motivated, results oriented individual
• Ability to travel in UK and oversees – hold full UK Driving License

HOW TO APPLY

For more information on the Category Buying Specialist role, please contact Rob Hulse at Intro Personnel on 01782 413307 or e-mail your current CV to [email protected]

Due to the expected high number of applicants for the Category Buying Specialist role, we regret that it may not be possible to respond to all unsuccessful candidates.

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