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    Category Manager - London, United Kingdom - Communisis

    Communisis
    Communisis London, United Kingdom

    1 week ago

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    Schedule Type Full Time

    ABOUT US

    We power brand engagement through outstanding communications, conversations and outcomes which make lives better.
    We create, source, manage and deliver brand communications across all sectors, channels and geographies
    Headquartered in the UK, but with offices in 25 countries worldwide, we are committed to providing innovative, sustainable and trusted solutions to our clients.
    Our people make us who we are. And there are over 1300 of them adding value for our customers every day, worldwide.

    As a Communisis employee in the UK, you'll receive the following:

    CORE BENEFITS

    • 26 days holiday plus statutory bank holidays

    • Invitation to join the Communisis Flexible Retirement Saver, our award-winning Master trust pension scheme, for which we offer enhanced company contributions

    • Health Cash Plan

    • Use of our Employee Assistance Programme

    • Access to #SELECT, our benefits platform where you can opt in and choose to take advantage of wide range of opportunities linked to salary sacrifice, all designed to help you support your work/life balance. (more to follow on that)

    • Flexible & Hybrid working solutions and policies which are built to support our purpose led organisation

    THE ROLE

    Communisis are seeking a Category Manager to join them on a full time, permanent basis. This position is open to residents in the UK – with occasional travel to London required. We have offices in Somerset House and you would be required to go there once a month ideally but this is flexible and you can go in more if you wanted to.

    The Category Manager will develop and deliver, in collaboration with key stakeholders, a category strategy and plan to improve the value and other outcomes for Communisis and its clients.

    The successful candidate will define and share the way in which Communisis buys the items within the spend category and the route to market. Own the relationships with the most strategic suppliers in the spend category and drive value through leveraging all aspects of that relationship, making Communisis customer of choice.

    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES


    • Develop and implement category strategies to drive sales and revenue growth.

    • Collaborate with cross – functional teams to analyse category performance and identify opportunities for optimisation.

    • Manage inventory and pricing strategies for goods.

    • Develop partnerships with suppliers and retailers to accelerate growth and market share.

    • Provide insight to business stakeholders through the analysis of spend, supply markets and savings to enable appropriate actions in maximising benefit or reducing risk

    • Analyse market trends and drive performance.

    WHAT YOU'LL BRING

  • 2-3 years vocational experience in the marketing and procurement industry.
  • Experience in a fast moving consumer goods industry
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Happy to present information to stakeholders and enter negotiations
  • The ability to work effectively with cross- functional teams with diverse cultures and experience
  • Experience in developing partnerships with suppliers and stakeholders.
  • Category management experience with thorough knowledge of a professional sourcing process models (category strategy development, tendering processes, negotiation planning, negotiation, supplier performance management, value engineering, e-procurement and P2P processes)
  • Experience influencing stakeholders
  • Working towards KPIs
  • Pricing and analysis for supply chain

    • WE EMBRACE INCLUSION, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

    Communisis is committed to creating a great place to work for everyone, celebrating the things that make everyone unique and delivering an inclusive and diverse business that is reflective of our communities. We recognise and value the benefits to the business and colleagues that is gained by embracing inclusion, equality, and diversity – we encourage people to be themselves at work and want to create a true sense of belonging.

    We will ensure that our colleagues are working in safe environments and continually seek ways to reduce the chance and incidence of harm, and this includes both the physical and mental wellbeing of all.

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