Manager

Boots UK; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and wellness retailer in Nottingham is seeking a Category Manager for Footcare, First Aid, and Health Checks. The role involves strategic planning, building supplier relationships, and leading a team to optimize product offerings. Ideal candidates should demonstrate strong commercial awareness, leadership skills, and a proactive approach to business growth. The company also provides an inclusive working environment and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Access to free counselling through TELUS Health

Qualifications

• Interested in developing product ranges within our own brand portfolio.
• Strong understanding of customer needs and motivations.
• Proven track record in leading teams and building relationships.

Responsibilities

• Strategic delivery of the category plans.
• Building relationships with supplier partners.
• Optimizing the P&L for better business outcomes.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Relationship building

Leadership

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

From mid-January we will have an exciting L5 vacancy within the Positive Healthcare team looking after Footcare, First Aid and Health Checks categories. This role offers a great mix of both Own Brand and Branded products at a time where there is more innovation coming to the categories than ever before. These categories are high revenue and margin and play a key role in the Consumer Health & Wellness team especially through the summer months

It is exciting times for the category with launches are coming up in Own Brand including the new Wealthy brand and the trending earplug brand Loop, which will play a role within our Wellness offering online and in store. We are relaunching our Blood Pressure monitors range to really compete vs Amazon and we are also working with the wider Healthcare business unit to evolve a podiatry offering in store. There is lots of opportunity to grow the categories through range development and creating great marketing plans with brands along with driving our .com participation

Responsibilities include:

• 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

• We're looking for someone who is passionate about shaping and developing product ranges within our own brand portfolio, exploring new sub categories that can complement and add incremental value and to nurture the core categories too.
• 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.

  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 including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much 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 . Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

  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. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

  What's next

  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 to help you to be at your best.

  Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.