Overview
Job title: Procurement Category Manager
Location: Paddington office, 1x week minimum – Thursday (4 days remote)
Start date: ASAP
End date: 30/06/2026 (Inside IR35 Agency Contract- potential to extend)
Pay Rate: £22.78 per hour, £182 per day
Responsibilities
- Supports the Category Manager in the execution of the strategic direction for Devices and Accessories, which spans multiple organizations and geographies.
- Primary responsibilities include:
- Supporting in the execution of category plans, including pricing and promotional activities, with direct responsibility for Price Match and the Promotional calendar.
- Liaise with key internal stakeholders on Promotional roadmap, ensuring submissions are made within agreed deadlines.
- Provide insights and learnings on promotional activities and execution and recommendations for the future promotional roadmap.
- Launch Management and readiness, creating a category workback schedule highlighting key category milestones and ensuring deadlines for product updates are achieved.
- Liaising with Supply and Planning teams to action product lifecycle updates and ensuring n-1 (End of life) products are removed from Store sites at point of expiration.
- Assortment management; ensuring tools are maintained with accurate product descriptions, pricing and market attributes.
- Creating and maintaining range matrix documentation at country level to share with GTM (go to Market), planning and Digital Store leads.
- Aligning with Global and Regional teams on launch activities and promotions, being a key point of contact for Regional Category updates.
- Support the Category Manager in business reporting at a Regional and sub-regional level.
Related Competencies
- Analytical Problem Solving – identifying patterns of causal relationships, breaking down problems into simple terms, and systematic in the approach to solving simple and complex problems, always staying focused on solving real-world problems and/or advancing the state of the art.
- Cross-Boundary Collaboration – effectively working with individuals and organizations outside of one’s immediate work area or span of control.
- Building Customer and Partner Relationships – the ability to develop solid, long-term relationships with customers, partners, and clients. Demonstrating a deep understanding of the customer/partner/client’s business and organization to establish mutually beneficial relationships that are based on trust.
- Global Process Management – the ability to engage in and manage global processes to achieve a high level of efficiency and effectiveness with the end customer in mind.
Basic Qualifications
- A minimum of 2 years Assistant Buying or Category Management experience or equivalent.
Minimum Qualifications
- Strong analytical capabilities
- Highly detail oriented
- Proven determination and work ethic
- Enjoys telling stories through data
- Passionate about product
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Previous experience working directly with vendors, merchants, and supply chain organizations
- Good communication and Team building skills
- Effective in a fast paced, changing environment
- Solid Excel knowledge
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