Category Development Manager - EBS, Bristol

Field Sales Solutions; West of England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car & fuel card

Up to 15% performance-related bonus

Health, wellbeing and financial guide

Clear career development opportunities

Retailer discount schemes

Incentive programmes

Job summary

Field Sales Solutions is seeking a Category Development Manager to lead Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category growth in Bristol. This field-based role focuses on improving availability, educating store teams, and delivering standout in-store execution in a defined territory.

You will manage relationships with Oral B, Olay and Braun, drive performance, and conduct business reviews to support regional growth. This is a 12-month maternity cover contract.

Qualifications

• Category expert in Electrical, Beauty & Skincare to grow sales and availability.
• Educate store teams and deliver effective in-store execution.
• Strong shop-floor presence with retailer relationships.

Responsibilities

• As part of our Perfect Store Team, you'll be the face of Oral B, Olay & Braun within your stores, driving performance across your territory by:
• Executing the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category strategy to the highest standard.
• Influencing availability through a consultative, collaborative approach with in-store teams.
• Ensuring robust back-of-house processes, product protection and system compliance.
• Improving inventory accuracy through regular stock takes and root-cause analysis.
• Ensuring EBS fixtures are fully compliant to planograms, including SELs, facings and capacities.
• Acting as the key point of contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun building strong, long-term store relationships.
• Conducting business reviews with store managers to drive store and regional growth.
• Using the Field View sales app to analyse performance, identify opportunity and create actionable plans.
• Sharing category insights, trends and data where approved to drive engagement and results.
• Delivering high-quality training to store colleagues on new products, initiatives and category knowledge.

Skills

Excellent organisation

Communication skills

Relationship-building

Negotiation skills

Category development

Grocery & high-street retail knowledge

Understanding of category management

Self-motivated and resilient

Full UK driving licence

Store relationship management

Tools

Field View app

Job description

Category Development Manager - EBS, Bristol, United Kingdom

Category Development Manager - EBS, Bristol, United Kingdom Please note: This vacancy is a Fixed-Term Contract (approx. 12 months) for Maternity Cover.
Field Sales Solutions has an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning business as a CategoryDevelopment Manager , working with some iconic brands Oral B, Olay & Braun(Procter & Gamble) .
Are you driven, articulate and thrive on making things happen? If you love being out in the field, influencing results and taking real ownership of a category, this could be the role for you.

About us Field Sales Solutions area leading field marketing agency, proud to be a three-time winner of the FMBE Field Marketing Agency of the Year Award . We partner with some of the UKs most exciting and recognisable brands, delivering standout in-store execution that drives growth.

We’re now looking for a passionate and commercially focused individual to become a category expert within Electrical, Beauty & Skincare growing sales, improving availability, educating store teams and delivering irresistible execution in store.

The Role Territory Covered: BA1, BA2, BA4, BA11, BA12, BA14, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS4, BS5, BS6, BS9, BS13, BS16, BS21, BS22, BS23, BS24, BS30, BS32, BS34, BS37, BS39, SN14, SN15

As part of our Perfect Store Team , youll be the face of Oral B, Olay & Braunwithin your stores, driving performance across your territory by:

• Executing the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare categorystrategy to the highest standard.
• Influencing availability through a consultative, collaborative approach with in-store teams.
• Ensuring robust back-of-house processes, product protection and system compliance.
• Improving inventory accuracy through regular stock takes and root-cause analysis.
• Ensuring EBSfixtures are fully compliant to planograms, including SELs, facings and capacities.
• Acting as the key point of contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun building strong, long-term store relationships.
• Conducting business reviews with store managers to drive store and regional growth.
• Using the Field View sales app to analyse performance, identify opportunity and create actionable plans.
• Sharing category insights, trends and data where approved to drive engagement and results.
• Delivering high-quality training to store colleagues on new products, initiatives and category knowledge.

What were looking for

• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building ability and a consultative mindset.
• Experience combining negotiation skills with category development to grow sales.
• Knowledge of grocery and high-street retail environments.
• Understanding of category management.
• A self-motivated, resilient individual who thrives on achieving results.
• Full UK driving licence and eligibility to work in the UK.

Whats in it for you?

• 28,700salary pro rata
• Up to 15% performance-related bonus
• Company car & fuel card
• Clear career development opportunities
• Incentive programmes, including retailer discount schemes
• Health, wellbeing and financial guidance support
• Holiday accrual linked to length of service

Our values At Field Sales Solutions, our values guide everything we do:

• Partnership Transparent, collaborative and focused on shared success
• Return Driving activity that delivers a positive ROI
• Ownership Accountable, purposeful and proactive
• Upstanding Honest, ethical and professional
• Determined Resilient, focused and driven to succeed

We are PROUD to be Field Sales Solutions.