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    Junior Buyer - Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom - Associated Independent Stores Ltd

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    Are you looking for the next step in your buying career ?

    ~ Are you looking for a hybrid role with the flexibility to work onsite and from home?

    ~ Here at AIS , we have an exciting opportunity available for a Junior Category Manager to join our Home & Furniture team based in Solihull. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary depending on experience.

    The AIS buying group is the UK and Irelands leading buying group for independent retail with a membership of 300 independent department stores and specialist retailers.

    The business is now entering an exciting time of change and a transformational agenda to bring a more commercial and customer-focused approach to this well-established and successful membership organisation.

    As our Junior Category Manager you will work to the AIS and divisional product strategy to achieve a leading edge, commercial, sustainable, and profitable product offer.


    Key responsibilities as our Junior Category Manager:
    Contribute and work cross functionally to the overall division strategy by participating in product, brand and sales reviews with the senior team Propose and execute plans to drive sales and Cenpac revenue across the membership, focussing on initiatives that drive the best return
    Demonstrate commercial awareness and product expertise through sourcing new products, brands and suppliers. Utilise industry resources (shows, industry news etc) to ensure we are leading edge in industry developments and trends.
    Develop commercial, seasonal Own Brand, Brand and exclusive ranges.

    Using trade and trend insight, create optimum good, better and best range construction to deliver commercial and profitable ranges, working to category budgets, commercial margins and critical path.

    Make informed decisions, trend, market data, member feedback, industry press and trade shows, sales data, competitor landscape.

    In conjunction with the Category Manager provide a high standard of customer service by making regular Member calls or visits to build relationships, ensuring clear objectives are in place, understand target customer, review turnover, discuss rebate targets, store presentation, and recommend new brands and ranges.

    Visit Member stores in line with the travel budget and in liaison with other divisions.

    What we're looking for in our Junior Category Manager:

    Exceptional commercial eye for product
    Strong commercial awareness of Home and/or Furniture product category and the overall market.
    Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels
    Creative thinker, with the ability to think outside the box.
    Computer literacy including competence in Excel, PowerPoint and Word

    We strive to be the most member-focused, innovative, and agile buying and services group in the UK and Ireland.

    As members of Diversity in Retail we are committed to driving a strong culture of Diversity and Inclusion in our own business and across our membership of independent retailers.

    25 days holiday + bank holidays (in a full leave year) (Pro rata for part time employees)
    ~ Opportunity to buy additional annual leave (up to 5 days per leave year)
    ~ Birthday leave - No one should work on their birthday so have the day off on us
    ~ Company pension scheme
    ~ Employee Wellbeing Scheme & Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
    ~ Cycle to work scheme
    ~ Free employee parking
    ~ Access to discounts and staff sales
    ~ If you feel you have the skills and experience needed to become the Junior Category Manager at AIS, then please click 'apply' today

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