ROI Assistant Category Manager
- Dublin
- Contract
- Part-time
- Support the Senior Category Manager in delivery of the Healthcare Category annual budget.
- Support the Senior Category Manager in the negotiation of “best in class” terms/ JBP's with Irish supplier base.
- Ownership of salesplan for the Healthcare Category working with the rest of the Healthcare trading team to deliver best in class promotions and presentations in-store.
- Own the category management for your Healthcare categories working on landing the correct range in the right stores to deliver on our customers' expectations.
- Store support by way of exceptional communication and problem solving.
- Analysing sales performance and reporting accurately to support definition of ranges/ space in store curating the range from flagship to local pharmacy format.
- Building relationships with your UK Healthcare counterparts to support in cascade of UK led plan.
- Seeking out opportunities locally in Ireland and landing NPD ahead of the Irish market.
- Occasional travel per quarter to Ireland and trade shows within Europe.
- Previous experience working as a category assistant or junior/ asst. buying manager within a trading function.
- Knowledge of Health & Wellness brands, especially Over-the-counter Medicines is desirable.
- Strong organisational skills, you will be managing a large number of big brands, across a number of subcategories.
- Experience using MS Excel is crucial with a good understanding of how to extract and manipulate raw data within to confidently analyse performance and commercial data vs. budget/ YoY.
- Exceptional communication skills, you will be working cross functionally and supporting stores where accuracy is key and with a “right first time” mentality.
- Experience in supplier funding and how to maximise commercial opportunities to drive sales ahead of market.
- Savvy to social media trends and active Irish influencers.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Outgoing and friendly personality, this is a people centric role.
- Passionate about all things Health & Wellness.
- Focused on career development within the trading function.
- Generous Employee Discount
- Enhanced Leave Entitlements
- Company Pension