Category Manager - Men's

BOOTS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Nottingham is looking for a passionate Category Manager for Men's products. In this role, you will lead a team to execute commercial strategies and build strong relationships with both customers and suppliers. You need to have a proactive mindset, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to understand customer needs. This position offers a vibrant work environment with a commitment to inclusivity and various benefits, ensuring everyone can achieve their full potential.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced leave pay for parents

Flexible benefits scheme

24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Experience in retail and category management is preferred.
• Strong negotiation skills are key.
• Ability to translate insights into strategic trade plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to execute commercial strategies.
• Build relationships with suppliers and customers.
• Drive category growth and differentiate offerings.
• Deliver strategic plans for the men's category.

Skills

Building relationships

Commercial awareness

Leadership

Proactive mindset

Negotiation skills

Job description

Contract: 12 Mths FTC/Secondment

Location: Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

Category Manager - Men's

About the role

Welcome to the Boots Customer & Category team - an exciting team at the heart of Boots UK's growth plans. Our Customer & Category Managers work at pace, building excellent relationships both internally and externally, as well as across functions. You'll be able to demonstrate great team management skills, and work with agility to deliver the best opportunities for Boots. You'll be accountable for executing the commercial strategy across your categories and executing the best possible delivery against this ambition. Reporting to the Head of Category, the Customer & Category Manager will be a key member of the category team. This role leads a team to deliver brilliant growth plans for our customers that drive differentiation and category growth.

• Have a passion for men's category to lead and inspire a team through the highs and lows of trading.
• Have an understanding of properties, space and layouts, to lead on any given project
• Be responsible for the strategic delivery of the category plans.
• Building great relationships with our supplier partners to create the best possible plans for customers and secure new brands for the category.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset, to pull all available levers to optimise the P&L.
• Be the expert in our customer - understand what they need now and what they would love in the future.
• Lead a team supporting them to drive the business and helping them to achieve their career goals.

What you'll need to have

• You will demonstrate building great relationships internally and externally, leveraging those relationships to make the most of every opportunity.
• You will have strong commercial awareness with a deep understanding of customer needs and motivations - able to translate insight to strategy to trade plans which capitalise on customer and market opportunities.
• You will be an inspirational leader who creates commitment and belief in others - playing a key role in ensuring suppliers and internal stakeholders are bought in to the vision for the future of the business.
• A proactive, go-getter - doesn't wait to be told what to do, but goes after new opportunities to drive the business harder.

It would be great if you also have

• Previous experience in retail and category management, with great negotiation skills

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

Our benefits

• 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 holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. (Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate).

What's next

If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. If you have not been successful on this occasion, you'll be notified by email.

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.