Strategic Category Manager – Hybrid, 6-Month FTC

First Military Recruitment Ltd; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

First Military Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Category Manager for a 6-month FTC. The role focuses on building front-end category strategy, influencing senior stakeholders and driving delivery. Hybrid working with at least one day per week in Bristol, and location options Bristol/London are noted.

Ex-military candidates are encouraged, with equal consideration for all applicants. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in category management, experience across lethality, marine, and related

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Category Manager.
• Experience across key categories (weapons, marine, direct/operational).
• Ability to apply category management in complex environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and delivery of benefits.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category strategies for assigned sub-groups.
• Support and execute stakeholder management.
• Be consultative but ready to dive in when needed.
• Deliver benefits through category interventions within complex delivery environments.
• Maintain tenacious, polite progress to move projects forward.

Skills

Category management

Stakeholder management

Influencing skills

Delivery benefits

Program delivery

Consultative approach

PowerPoint

Tools

MS Office

PowerPoint

Job description

First Military Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Category Manager for a 6-month FTC. The role focuses on building front-end category strategy, influencing senior stakeholders and driving delivery. Hybrid working with at least one day per week in Bristol, and location options Bristol/London are noted.

Ex-military candidates are encouraged, with equal consideration for all applicants. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in category management, experience across lethality, marine, and related