Category Manager

First Military Recruitment Ltd; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

First Military Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Category Manager for a 6-month FTC. The role focuses on building front-end category strategy, influencing senior stakeholders and driving delivery. Hybrid working with at least one day per week in Bristol, and location options Bristol/London are noted.

Ex-military candidates are encouraged, with equal consideration for all applicants. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in category management, experience across lethality, marine, and related

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Category Manager.
• Experience across key categories (weapons, marine, direct/operational).
• Ability to apply category management in complex environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and delivery of benefits.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies for assigned sub-groups.
• Support and execute stakeholder management.
• Be consultative but ready to dive in when needed.
• Deliver benefits through category interventions within complex delivery environments.
• Maintain tenacious, polite progress to move projects forward.

Skills

Category management

Stakeholder management

Influencing skills

Delivery benefits

Program delivery

Consultative approach

PowerPoint

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Job description

Category Manager- 6 Month FTC

Location: Bristol / London - Hybrid Min 1 day per week (Wednesday) in Bristol

Salary: Competitive Day Rate|Inside IR35

Overview

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking aCategory Manageron behalf of one of our clients.

The mainobjectiveof this role is tobuild front-end Category Strategy, influence senior stakeholders and drive delivery.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Category Strategies for assigned sub-group of categories, balancing short and long-term objectives to meet business strategy.
• Support and executestakeholder management.
• This role is consultative innaturebut you must be prepared to immerse yourself in the task should the need arise.
• Delivering benefits (full range of non-financial and financial benefits) through category management interventions within a complex project / programme delivery environment.
• Adopta polite yet tenacious attitude to achieve goals and move projects towards completion.

Skills and Qualifications

• Experienced Category Managerof5+ years.
• Experience within one or more strategically important category areas:Lethality (Weapons),Marine e.g. shipbuildingandfleet support), directand operational andgeneral categories.
• Ability to apply category management principles within complex, high-value and mission-critical environments.
• Understands fundamentals of building Category Strategy.
• Experience running largeprogrammes /projects.
• Strong stakeholdermanagement andengagement skills.
• Politelypersistentto move things along.
• High levels of influencing skills.
• Track record of delivering benefits (full range of non-financial and financial benefits) through category management interventions.
• MS Office / PowerPoint competent.

Desirable

• CIPSis desirablebut experience is more important.
• An understanding of the Defence Industry, supply chains and/or deep knowledge in related categories e.g. autonomous systems, weapons systems, sense decide & communicating systems, power propulsion & auxiliary systems, would be an advantage