Category Manager - London, United Kingdom - Mandeville Recruitment Group

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Mandeville Recruitment Group
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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Tom O´Connor

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MAJOR GLOBAL LUXURY RETAILER SEEKS CATEGORY MANAGER FOR GROWING DIVISION- BEAUTY.
CAN YOU MAKE A SUCCESS EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL?

My Client is a major luxury global retailer based in the UK.As they look to expand an improve their retail offering ,they are now looking to employ a dynamic and ambitious category manager who can help them drive towards being the best retailer in this categoryin the world.

You will be managing a small team and be looking after a turnover of more than £50 million.
YOU MUST BE;

Essential:
3-5 years of work experience in category management
Experience of working within the beauty,fashion,or luxury sector
Specific Requirements

  • Strategic thinker
  • Excellent negotiation and business development skills
  • Good communication and mobilization skills
  • A good team leader,supporting and encouraging team members to perform well, across multiple locations
  • Understands what drives high performance teams
  • Analytical Problem Solving
  • Project Management expertise
  • Fluent in English, Other languages would be considered an asset
Key Accountabilities
Strategy

  • Participate in development and execute the Category Strategy as defined by the Global Category Management Head
  • Focus on Supplier Relations
  • Build relationship with global suppliers through joint initiatives and brand plans and ensuring regular, structured interfaces with suppliers
Main tasks

  • Ensure growth in sales and margin, adjusting margin and price policies, improving product assortment and promotions (where needed) through the team of managers
  • Utilize comprehensive business and market research for specialized categories to identify opportunities that may drive changes in business strategy
  • Define and validate layout of shops and coordinate layout and merchandizing needs
  • Continuously work to develop new business opportunities
Follow-up and Governance

  • Drive and continuously improve category best practices through concrete followup and reporting


  • Responsible for reporting

  • Subcategory strategy progress, Price and Margin deviations, Promotions and Assortment KPIs for the related categories to the Global Category Management Head Management, Leadership and HR
  • Lead and develop the team of Global Category Management Brand Managers
  • Specific responsibilities as required by direct manager
This is an exciting and challenging role with excellent career prospects and a very good £package.

If you think it is right for you, then please submit your CV asap,via the link below, or call Ian Gerstein on for more information.

Mandeville is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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