Category Assistant - Electric Beauty

Boots; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and beauty retailer in the UK is seeking a Category Assistant in Nottingham. The successful candidate will manage promotional offers and collaborate with teams to ensure seamless execution. Proficiency in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SAP is essential. The role includes analyzing sales data and supporting store operations. With a commitment to equal opportunities, the company fosters a supportive and inclusive environment. Competitive benefits and flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• In-depth understanding of SAP programmes required.
• Proficient in communication through various channels.
• Ability to analyse and report on data.

Responsibilities

• Set up promotional offers in the Boots SAP system.
• Collaborate with marketing and pricing teams for campaign accuracy.
• Check invoices and manage promotional funding with suppliers.
• Assist in competitor pricing analysis.
• Support the stores help desk with category queries.
• Run sales reports for analysis and reporting.

Skills

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Communication

Data Analysis

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

Category Assistant - Electrical Beauty

Permanent

About the role

Our Category team are at the heart of our business and play a critical role creating compelling reasons for customers to shop at Boots. They are a dynamic team, working to deliver a differentiated, competitive and customer led range in store.

The team are accountable for delivering the sales and profit budget using the key levers of range, price, promotions and distribution to delight our customers enabling them to 'feel good'.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the delivery of customer promotions in store by setting up campaign offers such as 3 for 2, Half Price, on the Boots SAP system.
• Working with other teams such as the marketing and pricing team to ensure set ups are right first time.
• Confirm promotional funding with suppliers ensuring this is logged correctly on a tracker so it can be invoiced.
• Check invoice calculations and work with the Trading Process team to raise the correct amounts.
• Help the assistant category manager to review competitor pricing activity.
• Supporting the stores help desk and customer care team with all category queries, ranging from pricing, product descriptions or missing marketing material in store.
• Run sales reports and analyse for the team and suppliers, helping with Monday morning weekly reporting.
• Raise Purchase Orders for marketing and merchandising activity.

What you'll need to have

• Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• In-depth understanding of numerous SAP programmes.
• Proficient communication whether face-to-face, Teams or email.
• Must develop knowledge of category strategy, performance and range.

It would be great if you also have

• Ability to analyse/ report data.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan.
• Discretionary annual bonus.
• Generous employee discounts.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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A bit about us

At Boots, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

What's next?

Our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Be brilliant with Boots.