JUNIOR / ASSISTANT CATEGORY MANAGER – HVAC & RENEWABLES

GCS Associates; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Associates is seeking a Junior / Assistant Category Manager in West Midlands. The role starts on-site with a path to hybrid work and focuses on buying, procurement, and supplier relations within HVAC & Renewables.

You will learn to analyse market trends, manage relationships with suppliers, and support the category management process. A background in air conditioning products is required or highly advantageous, with potential for progression.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of air conditioning products and renewables.
• Experience in buying/procurement is a plus.
• Experience in trades counter or sales within the industry preferred.
• Excellent communication and attention to detail; eager to learn.
• Willing to progress within category management.

Responsibilities

• Learn buying/procurement practices and supplier relationships.
• Analyse market trends to time purchasing accurately.
• Assist in category management activities and supplier evaluation.
• Progression pathway within the construction supply sector.

Skills

Air conditioning knowledge

Renewables knowledge

Procurement basics

Supplier relationships

Communication

Team player

Willingness to learn

Job description

Role: Junior / Assistant Category Manager

Sector: HVAC & Renewables

Location: West Midlands (initially on-site but then with hybrid option)

Salary: £30,000-£35,000 per annum, Mon - Fri Only!

This is a rare opportunity for somebody with the right experience to progress into a Category Management role which is an enviable position to have within the construction supply sector.

So this is a role which will involve you being trained in the art of buying / procurement, learning how to build successful relationships with suppliers and also analysing trends within the market to make sure the timing and quantity of purchasing is correct for current market conditions.

Whilst this is a great opportunity for someone less experienced. You must have knowledge of air conditioning products and ideally renewables too. You may be in a trade counter or a sales role within the industry but you must have knowledge of those products. Buying experience would be great but this is not essential at this stage.

Our client is a leading distributor of Plumbing & Heating products, air conditioning equipment, ventilation products and renewables. They supply into plumbers / builders merchants and the wider construction sector. A business with a National Network throughout the UK and National coverage.

You must be able to communicate very well, have great attention to detail, be a team player and most of all, show a real willingness to learn and a desire to progress.

Both the markets for air conditioning products and renewables are growing so this is a great time to be involved with this sector but as already stated, you must have current experience of these products.

Relevant sectors: HVAC, plumbing & heating products, air conditioning equipment, ventilation products, renewables, heat pumps, heat exchanges, electric boilers, low carbon heating. Recruiting: Sales, Trade Counter, Category manager, procurement, buyer, buying, business development, sales manager, sales management.

INDS

• air conditioning
• branch manager
• builders merchants
• building supplies
• Buyer
• Category Manager
• construction supplies
• heating
• HVAC
• Manager
• merchants
• operations
• plumbers merchants
• plumbing
• Procurement
• renewables
• sales
• ventilation