Category Manager - Bracknell, United Kingdom - Sally Europe

Description

We're Sally Europe, the biggest supplier in Europe for hair and beauty professionals.

We bring together the following market-leading professional brands; Sally, Salon Services, Pro Duo, Salon Success and Sinelco and we operate across 7 European countries.

Our mission is to be the preferred partner for professionals across Europe, but we are not stopping there. We care about making a difference to our employees and customers and getting it right each time.

Our people throughout have a forward-thinking ethos,teams are always striving to inspire others, and we continue to deliver new and innovative solutions that leave that lasting impression.

About the role

Our Category Managers are responsible for the development and delivery of the Merchandising plan for given categories; range assortment, and range management for customers for Sally Europe that maximises category and business performance.

You will be responsiblefor the categories activity and routes to market - sales reporting, range reviews, range assortment (routes to market), store range assortment, promotional plans, own brand development plans, pricing and product file maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertaking regular review of given categories to optimise ranges in order to grow sales and margin
• Delivery of new ranges and assortment reviews
• Develop category plans that detail the tactical execution of plans to achieve business set KPIs
• Analyse competitor and market activity in relation to product ranges, brand development and pricing structures
• Review of promotional activity and implement learnings to improve promotional and margin performance
• Accountable for exit management of deleted lines both at store and in warehouse(s)
• Collaborate with the Space and Visual Merchandisers to ensure that visual merchandising principles and guidelines are issued to stores
• To work with the supply chain teams to deliver or exceed the budgeted category year end stock number

Why Sally?

• A culture where people can come as they are because everyone is welcome here
• Competitive rate of pay
• Matching pension scheme
• Employee Discounts and offers
• Free onsite parking
• Partners with Retail Trust providing online and inperson wellbeing support

Our values are important to us and we want our staff to be able to be themselves at work, sharing knowledge and passion with teams and customers and be bold Don't be afraid to say yes and make decisions.

At Sally we want people to drive growth and createtheir own futures and most importantly take care of each other, our community and the planet.

We all play a role in building a truly diverse, inclusive company. Finding beauty in diversity is in our DNA because our differences are what make us beautiful. Our diversity, inclusivity, and self-expression are what fuel our innovation and growth. In ourcompany, we come together to create a culture for one & all.

It's simple to do, just upload your CV and if we think you would be a great match we'll give you a call to get to know you further.

Looking forward to hearing from you