Category Planner -

Senior Category Manager - 9 month contract - £75,000-£85,000 per annum (£320-£360 per day PAYE).Our client, a technology-driven, retailer/e-tailer are currently hiring for Category Planner to be responsible for the overall strategic plans for customer proposition, understanding the customer need and industry landscape.As a Category Planner you will demonstrate customer and category knowledge, be an advocate for a quality customer experience, identifying medium-and long-term growth opportunities and risk identification, partnering across the organization.ResponsibilitiesLeverage the latest proposition, insights, marketing, merchandising and competitor analysis to create data books to inform category mission strategyBuild Strategy for Store & online - overlaying store type clusters and geographies.Bring the plans together and define strategy - where are the synergies across Stores and Online, where do we need to have different strategiesBuild assortment strategy - linking to above mission plan how do to define total count / vendors to manageDevelop data lead SKU strategy by mission/category across stores and onlineDefine SKU shape / taxonomy across channelsCreate roadmap to execute, e.g. working with merchandising to manage range review programRequirements2+ years' experience in a similar role in a Retail/FMCG, buying, category management, retail consultancy role.Experience in a big 4 grocer (Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda or Morrisons) or grocery discounter (Aldi or Lidl) woud be a distinct advantageThis is a full-time, PAYE contract position for an initial period of 9 months with the option to extend and/or become permanent (although this is not guaranteed).This contract is available on a hybrid working arrangement with the expectation to be in the London office 2-3 days per week.Please apply online to be considered.
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