Assistant Category Manager

Lt Talent; Windsor; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Mentoring

Career development

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

Lt Talent is seeking a Category Executive to join its growing UK beauty business. The role covers a portfolio of brands across major retailers and online channels. You will own data, promotions and launches across multiple categories, not just support them, with close collaboration to marketing and operations.

The position offers hybrid working, mentoring and genuine career development within a fast-growing environment. A competitive salary and benefits package is provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial FMCG environment.
• Ability to analyse data and generate clear reports.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile and share sales and stock data from retailer reports.
• Collate product data and set up launches with retail partners.
• Own promotions process to go live with retailers.
• Pull and summarise shopper data using retailer analytics platforms.

Skills

Data analysis

Excel

Communication

Time management

Tools

Circana

Job description

A growing UK beauty business is looking for a Category Executive to join its commercial team, working across a portfolio of brands sold through the UK’s leading health and beauty retailers and online.

If you’re already working in category, account or commercial support and want more ownership, more brands and more exposure to retailers, this is the next step. You’ll own the data, the promotions and the launches across multiple categories, not just support them.

What you’ll do

• Reconcile and share sales and stock data from retailer reports and portals
• Collate product data and set up NPD launches with retail partners
• Own the process for making sure agreed promotions go live correctly with retailers
• Pull and summarise shopper data using retailer analytics platforms such as Circana
• Track promotional compliance, POS and proof of in-store implementation
• Build relationships with customer counterparts to deliver joint objectives
• Work closely with the marketing and operations teams

What you’ll bring

• Experience in a commercial environment, ideally FMCG
• Confidence with data, reporting and Excel
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Excellent time management. You hit deadlines that don’t move

What’s on offer

• exciting, fast-growing beauty brands
• hybrid working
• mentoring
• real career development
• competitive salary and benefits

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, ages, sexual orientations, religions, and abilities.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 7 days of submitting your application, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion. However, we thank you for your interest and encourage you to apply for future opportunities.