Assistant Category Buyer – Data-Driven, Hybrid Role

Halfords Careers; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Employer pension

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Halfords is transforming its Commercial team into a dynamic Category Management function that aligns with our Retail strategy. This role sits at the heart of shaping ranges, pricing, and availability to keep customers moving with the right products at the right time.

You will partner with the Category Buyer and cross-functional teams to leverage customer insight and market data, ensuring value-led decisions across planning, supplier management and ESG commitments, while contributing to Halfords’

Qualifications

• Experience as Assistant Category Buyer or similar commercial role.
• Analytical and numerically minded, confident working with data to support decisions.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and influencing across functions.

Responsibilities

• Support plans that deliver market-leading share targets.
• Lead range review programme with insight-led, commercially strong decisions.
• Collaborate with ESG, Supply, Digital and Store Operations to land products across channels.
• Own accurate reporting of sales, price and promotional files to keep the business moving.
• Help deliver negotiated margins, cost prices, rebates and product mix.
• Support the annual budget process and help hit key financial targets.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Numerical skills

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Job description

Halfords is transforming its Commercial team into a dynamic Category Management function that aligns with our Retail strategy. This role sits at the heart of shaping ranges, pricing, and availability to keep customers moving with the right products at the right time.

You will partner with the Category Buyer and cross-functional teams to leverage customer insight and market data, ensuring value-led decisions across planning, supplier management and ESG commitments, while contributing to Halfords’