Category Assistant

Wolseley UK Limited; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Bonus potential

Maternity/adoption leave

Healthcare

YuLife app

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Wolseley Infrastructure, part of the Wolseley Group, invites applications for a Category Assistant on a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract based in Warwick with hybrid working. The role focuses on supporting product management, pricing, margins, and supplier onboarding across the Infrastructure category.

You will act as the first point of contact for queries, build strong supplier relationships, and produce reports to drive business improvements. Excellent communication and Excel skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Ability to prioritise a busy workload and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with suppliers.
• Good IT skills, including Excel and working across multiple systems.
• Proactive, analytical approach with the confidence to identify issues and drive solutions.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for category queries from branches, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Supporting the management of products, including product creation, price updates, margin maintenance and system administration.
• Building strong supplier relationships and resolving queries relating to pricing, invoices, rebates, quality and product information.
• Managing supplier onboarding activities and supporting rebates, special deals and product data administration.
• Producing reports, analysing sales and margin performance, and supporting category projects and business improvements.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication skills

Excel

Analytical thinking

Job description

Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Category Assistant (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract) - Warwick (Hybrid Working) - Wolseley Infrastructure

So, who are we?

We are Wolseley Infrastructure, a part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do and, best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award-winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

Also, did we mention? In addition to the competitive salary, there are also benefits on tap – including... Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity/adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts. We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

You’ll be responsible for:

• Acting as the first point of contact for category queries from branches, suppliers and internal stakeholders.


• Supporting the management of products, including product creation, price updates, margin maintenance and system administration.


• Building strong supplier relationships and resolving queries relating to pricing, invoices, rebates, quality and product information.


• Managing supplier onboarding activities and supporting the administration of rebates, special deals and product data.


• Producing reports, analysing sales and margin performance, and supporting category projects and business improvements.

This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term contract within our Category team, providing exposure to commercial, supplier and product management activities across the Infrastructure business.

And here's what we'd like you to have:

• Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills.


• The ability to prioritise a busy workload and work accurately to deadlines in a fast-paced environment.


• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with colleagues and suppliers.


• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and experience working across multiple systems.


• A proactive, analytical approach with the confidence to identify issues and help drive solutions.

Wolseley UK is the country’s largest plumbing, heating and cooling trade specialist merchant and we aim to be the first choice specialist merchant for trade customers. We supply 180,000 different products to over 100,000 customers every year.

Join us and you’ll be part of a team that gets the right products to customers at the right price, in the right place, and at the right time. You’ll also enjoy extensive training and an award-winning pension and great rewards package. And, as part of the world’s largest specialist distributer of plumbing and heating products, you’ll have access to a wide variety of career opportunities.