Category Director - Food eCommerce

Quest Search & Selection are currently partnering with a leading retail eCommerce platform, specialised in consumer goods and food delivery. Offering an extensive range of products including household essentials, medication, pet care, office supplies, beauty, groceries, and even fresh prepared food!
This global business is going through growth and is keen to look for an experience Category Head , who has been part of a startup/scale up with an astute, analytical mindset that can deliver via a hands-on environment.
Key responsibilities of this Category Director -
Lead the product range by identifying the optimal number of products, store ranges and category allocations.
Heads up a team of Category & Supply Chain Manager (circa of 5-7 people)
Monitor competitive price indices and implement pricing policies accordingly.
Manage relationships with key accounts, ensuring adherence to cost prices, promotional activities, and service standards (whether this is with suppliers or wholesalers directly).
Negotiate deals with key accounts and regional exclusives.
Maintain balance between range expansion, product availability and minimising waste.
Provide insights into algorithmic buying decisions and A/B tests to optimise availability
Manage store efficiency and inventory fullness.
Act as the main point of contact with the central distribution, at a senior level.
Develop strategies for in-app merchandising to consistently showcase the product range in alignment with the value proposition.
Conduct thorough analyses of daily and weekly trade patterns, identifying deviations from expectations and proposing hypotheses for further validation.
Key requirements of this Category Director
Ideally having 10+ years within a Category/Buying background
That you have led teams but still hands on with in driving the strategy and being involved in reactive and strategic decision making.
If you have experience of managing supply chain or Last-Mile Delivery as part of a team would be ideal but not essential
The business will be looking for someone with either built their own business or worked in an early-stage start-up /scale up coupled with a blue-chip eCommerce or retail supermarket, household or FMCG background.
You must be a data-savvy, analytical individual that provides the foundations of your decision making.
You must consider yourself a builder rather than just an executor.
Ideally that you have managed P&L responsibility of 100 – 200 million turnover.
Good communication skills and eye to detail.
High calibre educational background or equivalent is preferred.
High level Excel and Microsoft Office experience.
Benefits included for Category & Supply Chain Director
Basic salary between £125,000 - £150,000
Central London head office!
There is no set policy but would expect an individual to be based in head office circa 4 days a week – visibility and being close to the team and business is important as part of their scale up.
25% discretionary bonus
Lucrative share options
Part of a growth-mindset mind culture
Pat of a wide global business that is going form strength to strength.
This is a great opportunity if you have the right skill sets to lead an entrepreneurial team and business. If this role is of interest, please do apply with your CV today!