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Category Manager - Flat Roofing

JR United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Job summary

Join a leading roofing company as a Category Manager for Flat Roofing. You will manage product categories to drive sales and profitability, ensuring high customer satisfaction by delivering quality products. Bring your negotiation skills and market knowledge to lead an energetic team while contributing to organizational goals.

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of the roofing products market.
  • Ability to work strategically.
  • Strong numerical skills and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Manage product categories to achieve financial targets.
  • Build relationships with suppliers and manage working capital.
  • Prepare budgets and forecasts for categories.

Skills

Negotiation skills
Analytical abilities
Strategic thinking

Job description

Category Manager - Flat Roofing, united kingdom
Client:

BURTON ROOFING MERCHANTS LTD

Location:
Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

2

Posted:

09.07.2025

Expiry Date:

23.08.2025

Job Description:

Here at Burton Roofing Merchants, we are The Roofing People. With over 40 years of history, we are proud to offer the very best roofing expertise and quality materials you can find in the market. With 37 branches across the UK, we aim to be the leader in the supply of roofing products, and you can help us achieve this!

Our customers and colleagues are at the very heart of everything we do. We employ exceptional people who are engaged and rewarded for the value they bring to our business, and now were looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Category Manager, Flat Roofing to join our ever growing team. If you share our passion for outstanding customer service, quality products and integrity, then we want to hear from you!

This is a national, field based role, reporting to the Commercial Director and leading the flat roofing BDM team.

What Youll Do

Manage a group of product categories to achieve financial targets, ensuring the categories meet customer demands, and deliver an outstanding, consistent offer throughout the branch network;

Be responsible for the sales and gross margins of your categories, building strong relationships with suppliers, managing working capital, and developing category strategies to deliver success against objectives;

Prepare and maintain budgets and forecasts for your categories;

Propose to the board category changes including suppliers, ranges, and geographical variances;

Implement and manage compliance to approved supplier agreements;

Set and maintain consistency of customer offer and pricing;

Develop category plans, work closely with Marketing, Regional Managers, Key Account Managers and the branch network to deliver success against objectives;

Work closely with the product file administration to team ensure the Merlin system holds accurate and up to date information and reflects the category strategy for products and suppliers.

What Were Looking For

Knowledge of the roofing products market;

Strong negotiation and influencing skills;

An ability to work strategically to meet organisational goals;

Excellent numeracy and analytical abilities;

An ability to analyse and identify market and product opportunities whilst also supporting the business in utilising such opportunities.

We offer a great opportunity to truly make a difference and build your career in a market leading business. At Burton Roofing we dont just offer jobs we build careers. Apply today and become part of something solid.

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Created on 09/07/2025 by JR United Kingdom

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