Assistant Category Manager

Exciting opportunity working in the Head Office of a large Retail Group

Ideally you will have some category or retail administration experience with an eye for accuracy and excellent excel knowledge to include vlookups and pivot tables

You will be providing category management support and financial admin support to the Commercial team whilst also managing a small number of categories, achieving sales, net margin and rebate budgets.

The role

• To provide admin support to the commercial team including new product set-up for stores and online
• To calculate financial support due from suppliers across the commercial team, following purchases, sales or marketing activity and to raise financial claims to suppliers.
• To maintain the excel based “net margin” database from information provided by the category team
• To provide POS and promotional changes to different departments
• To select and negotiate compelling ranges and then manage the day to day business of a small number of categories, in store and online, ensuring sales, net margin and rebates are achieved, renegotiating cost prices and margin support as required