Assistant Category Manager - Solar PV

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Come and join us as a customer focused and results driven Assistant Category Manager and be part of a hugely successful Renewables team.

The Role:

As an Assistant Category Manager, you will have the drive  and ambition to work within a dynamic, commercial function.

The role of the Assistant Category Manager for Solar PV is to develop and deliver a market leading product range for the proposition to enable us to compete and maximise our share of the Solar PV market.  Delivering the commercial business targets for the category in terms of margin, revenue, terms improvements and customer acquisition, through great supplier relationships, innovative proposition development and execution through branches and sales teams. 

We have a long track record of investing in our colleagues who have joined us and progressed their careers further by moving into senior opportunities. So as long as you are strong at negotiating and know how to influence stakeholders and suppliers - we will take care of the rest!

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver a market leading category strategy for Solar PV. Strategies will include the proposition, pricing and promotional plan along with range, pricing and its role and intent within the portfolio. 
• Review and report weekly on the trading performance and identify areas of opportunity or concern and take appropriate and timely action to resolve issues and prevent future problems.
• Network and maintain healthy and regular contact with your supplier base, including building an internal network with stakeholders to contribute to delivering the requirements of your category & the wider commercial team
• Ensure we have the optimum route to market for each channel by supplier/category & that stock health meets the objective of the business, working in conjunction with the supply chain teams.
• Build a market-leading presence over the counter and within the Solar Hubs, working with operational teams to manage stock levels.
  
• Develop a close relationship with the Solar Sales Team and become an extension of their team, in order to best understand opportunities and challenges and customers' needs, and take action to support growth
• Working with the Pricing team to proactively manage our selling price in correlation with the strategy, our competitor landscape and our business goals.
• Working closely with Marketing to create promotional plans within the overall Trading Plan to deliver improved sales campaigns and deliver the financial support to maintain margin expectations. 
• Negotiation of commercial terms with suppliers as and when required to hit the target and ensure the accurate and timely input into Dealtrack, making sure that all reports are maintained, transparent and accurate at all times
• Where required, project manage streams of work that require a Commercial lead for the Proposition to deliver key initiatives for the business.

This is a hybrid-based opportunity with true flexibility to work from home 2 days a week. You should be within commutable distance of our newly refurbished offices in Crick, Northamptonshire.

You:

You’ll live and breathe our Customer First ethos, with an innovative and agile approach to problem-solving.  You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with the wider Category team and you’ll be committed to acting with integrity and honesty in everything you do.

Skills and competencies

• Experience working within a Category, Buying, or Procurement role
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to work under your own initiative, whilst utilising the support around you
• Experience in working with spreadsheets either Excel or Google Sheets
• Motivated and proactive in supporting the wider team
• Experience within the Electric Ranges of Solar is preferable

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services: Buying, Procurement, Category, Commercial, Negotiation. Building, Construction, Retail, FMCG, Manufacturing, Mechanical.

Us:

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. And we have all you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re super excited about our future. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, giving them all the tools they need to be successful, happy and feel rewarded in their career with us.

Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, we look out for each other
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
• And more!

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We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. 

We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.