Head of Category Planning - London, United Kingdom - Sainsbury's

Sainsbury's

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location

Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT

Hours

Fulltime

Contract-Type

Fixed-Term Assignment

Salary

Competitive Plus Benefits

Areas of business

Food Commercial

Closing date

2024/04/23 14:27:00

Duration

12 months

Job ID
We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you at Sainsbury's. Here, everything in our stores starts out in Food Commercial.

Whether it's the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food items available in store, digitally and on demand.

You'll discover it's incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They're enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves, anywhere else in the business. So, if you're passionate about food and just as hungry to learn, you'll fit in perfectly.

Bakery and Food to Go (B&FTG) sits at the heart of our Sainsbury's Good Food for all of us strategy and represents a big growth opportunity for Sainsbury's.

Our Head of Category Planning is critical to our ongoing success.

You will be the custodian of our customer offer - it is through your thinking and leadership that we will continue to step on our proposition, challenge ourselves to continually improve, and land change to ensure the B&FTG we build now is fit for the future.

Head of Category Planning is a pivotal role within the category leadership team. You will be a proven leader, able to recruit, coach and develop a highperforming team. You will lead the team through longterm vision, shortterm annual goals and tactical strategies The role has line management responsibility for 10 colleagues, directly and indirectly across both category planning and ranging and works alongside, buyers, supply chain, development, technical and retail. It is both a multifunctional and a crossfunctional leadership role.
You will be forwardthinking and insightful, with a commercial mindset. You will have strong project management skills and a highly organised approach. Your first thought will always be the customer, and your cando approach will help move things at pace, with a proven track record of both dataled decisionmaking and great intuition. Your central role to our plan means that you will need to have excellent influencing skills and a very adaptable style, to support making things happen for the category and for Fresh.
This role is highly varied no two weeks are ever the same

As Head of Category Planning you'll:
Lead the category planning and ranging team to successfully implement the B&FTG category and customer plan, delivering a market-leading performance

Lead the range agenda for the category through your team of Range Analysts and Merchandisers, ensuring the calendar activity drives relevant ranges and meets the needs of our customers

Proactively participate in strategic and transformation projects that impact the category by managing and/or leading elements of the category plan

Evolve and iterate the B&FS value strategy, our secondary space approach, our range and merchandising strategy and our promotional plan

Ensure relentless focus on activating our products, plans and sourcing credentials, both through events and day-to-day

Represent the Category and lead on the key strategic projects at a BU /Corporate level (FROS, FROC, Value, Innovation) and deliver the desired outcomes working closely with other stakeholders (e.g.

Macro-space, Formats, Property, Retail, Marketing)

Build great relationships across the business and be known as an expert for your category

Develop and coach a high-performing team, underpinned by clear and measurable objectives and a succession plan

Our Category Planning B&FTG team would love to see:
Experience in a commercial leadership role (preferable in a Food Retailer)

Experience in project management, ranging or category planning & strategy preferred

Strategic mindset, demonstrable experience in setting and achieving short
- and long-term objectives

Analytical thinking and sound judgement to be able to determine which opportunities will drive the greatest commercial return and priorities accordingly

Strong commercial business acumen

Excellent communication skills - making complex information simpler and easy to understand

Strong leadership ability with line management experience of large teams

Adaptability, ability to manage ambiguity and high levels of resilience

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business and we take development seriously