Head of Category - Bathrooms

City Plumbing; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

City Plumbing is seeking a Head of Category for Bathrooms to lead all commercial activities within the category. This hybrid role involves strategic planning, team leadership, and driving innovation while ensuring compliance and profitability. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in the bathroom industry and a strong customer-first approach.

Benefits

Bonus

Discounts, savings, and cashback at many retailers

Life assurance

Flexible working options

Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme

Comprehensive induction and development opportunities

Financial education and loans

Inclusive environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Bathroom industries or related fields.
• Experience in Senior Category Management with a track record of driving sales.
• Ability to build effective relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial activities related to the category.
• Drive innovation and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Manage relationships with key suppliers.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Commercial Awareness

Team Development

Negotiation

Job description

#BelongWithUs

Come and join us as a Head of Category for Bathrooms and help effect real change and transformation within our Commercial function. Join a hugely successful and friendly team.

The Role:

As the Head of Category for Bathrooms, you will be responsible for leading all commercial activities related to your categories. Working with key stakeholders from the Commercial Function and wider business, you will develop and execute strategies to enhance the Bathrooms product offering across various sectors, including the Showroom Proposition. You will drive innovation and ensure compliance with regulations and standards. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a deep understanding of bathroom products and practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategic plans to drive bathroom initiatives across the organisation. Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends in bathrooms, assessing their potential impact.
• Lead a team to execute Bathroom projects, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. Manage budgets, forecasts, and financial models to support energy efficiency projects.
• Manage communications with key stakeholders to ensure propositions grow effectively, maximising product offering and profitability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Bathroom considerations into product development, operations, and procurement processes.
• Develop and manage relationships with key suppliers to ensure sustainable and profitable partnerships, working with finance and supporting teams to optimise terms.
• Monitor and analyse KPIs to evaluate the effectiveness of Bathroom category programs.
• Stay updated on regulatory changes and industry developments, ensuring compliance and establishing partnerships with industry stakeholders and authorities.

This role is primarily hybrid, requiring weekly visits to our office, branches, and suppliers. You should be based in the UK, near our Head Office in Crick, Northamptonshire.

You:

You should embody our customer-first ethos, with a strategic and proactive approach to Category, Buying, and Trading.

Skills and competencies

• Proven experience in Bathroom industries or related fields, with success in driving bathroom initiatives.
• Experience in Senior Category Management or Head of Category roles, with a track record of driving sales, profit, margin, and product availability.
• Highly numerate, capable of using research and insights to understand customers and the market.
• Experience in developing and motivating teams to achieve business growth.
• Ability to build effective relationships through influencing, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
• Driven, enthusiastic, and committed to continuous improvement to maximise commercial success.

Likely previous roles include: Category Transformation, Change Management, Digital Transformation, Head of Buying, Head of Category, FMCG, Manufacturing, Procurement Manager, Retail, Senior Buyer, Senior Category Manager, Trading Manager.

Us:

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails, City Plumbing offers all the products needed to complete jobs. We pride ourselves on selling quality plumbing and heating products to trade and retail customers and are excited about our future. We prioritize our colleagues' success, happiness, and rewards.

Benefits Package and Culture:

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings, and cashback at many retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policies including maternity, paternity, and extra leave
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive induction and development opportunities
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• An inclusive environment where everyone can be their true self
• And more!

#BelongWithUs

We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We want you to enrich our culture.

We undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates offered employment in roles involving deliveries for British Gas, post-offer.