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Category Manager - Pig Meat

Category Manager - Pig Meat

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Irthlingborough, United kingdom

Full Time

17-04-2025

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Job Specifications

About The Role

Reporting to: Head of Category Management Based: Wellingborough, Eccles or Watford

Job Summary Maximising the profitability of specified product categories, improving customer satisfaction, and cash profit.

We are looking to recruit a Category Manager role in the Fresh team, looking after poultry, which can be based from either of our Eccles, Wellingborough or Watford offices.

Main Responsibilities

The development and implementation of category plans ensuring delivery of sales, margin and profit are met whilst maintaining continuity of product availability.
Growth of own brand business, sourcing as appropriate to grow sales and margins.
Annual negotiation with suppliers to ensure competitive terms year on year.
Seek and react to customer feedback at every opportunity, shaping the category plan, whilst linking to the sell plan and customer satisfaction.
Responds to customer queries and complaints professionally, at speed.
Be able to communicate category plans and objectives for relevant product categories, ensuring understanding and buy-in is achieved.
Ensure product area in the business centres reflect the principles of good, better and best.
Working as part of the team to identify opportunities and develop or improve ways of working.
Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence championing diversity and inclusion.

You will need

Operational skills relevant for this job

Exceptional communication & stakeholder management.
Be able to work independently, to problem solve and make commercial decisions.
Attention to detail, writing of reports, interpreting data and keeping of accurate records.
Maintain knowledge of relevant markets and market developments.
Ability to flex work approach.

Experience relevant for this job:

Previous experience buying Meat desired
Extensive experience in working in FMG
Have a proven record of working autonomously.
Have experience of development and management of marketing campaigns.

What's in it for you

At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:

A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family.
A great holiday package

About the Company

Be part of something special. Join our team at Booker! Booker Group is recognised as the UK's leading food and drink wholesaler, serving c.1 million customers across the UK through our national network of distribution centres, cash and carry branches and Best Food Logistics sites, with customers collecting their products from their local Branch or receiving deliveries to their business. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre lo... Know more