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Tentercroft Street, Lincoln
Advertised Hours
39 hours per week - fixed term (up to 6 months)
Salary details:
Starting from £50k per annum (dependent on experience)
Vacancy type:
Fixed Term

About the role:

Our Support Services are always on hand to offer advice and guidance to colleagues across our business. Our Central Operations team are a part of this and now, we're seeking a Category Manager to join us on a fixed term contract for up to six months to establish clear category strategies for our trading areas. 

As our Category Manager, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering clear category strategies across Food and Health & Beauty. You will use in-depth customer and market insights to understand the role each category plays in our core shopping missions, tailored by store format. Your key responsibilities include establishing category strategies that align with customer needs and market trends, developing a strategy for Co-op own brands to maximise the performance of micro spaces within your categories, and managing the day-to-day execution of category strategies.

This will involve gathering and analysing customer insights, managing store range and planograms, overseeing pricing and competitor price checks, and ensuring margin optimisation and waste reduction. Additionally, you will manage supplier performance and ensure that the Society’s promotional offer is executed effectively within your categories. Collaboration with the Category team, Food & Pharmacy store operations, and other areas of the business will be key to driving continuous improvement.

For more detailed information, please refer to the full job description which is available as a download on this page. 
 
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About You

To succeed in this role, you should have previous experience in category management with a good understanding of retail operations and supply chain processes. You will need to demonstrate the ability to build and maintain relationships both internally and externally, with a strong commercial mindset that helps differentiate against local competitors. Your experience in improving business performance and maintaining budgetary control will be crucial.

A proactive attitude, with the ability to identify problems and provide solutions, is essential. You will also need strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and negotiation abilities, and the ability to make informed decisions with a focus on client satisfaction. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use is required.

If you are a strategic thinker who is passionate about driving category performance while maintaining a strong focus on client satisfaction, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact across Lincolnshire Co-op’s retail operations.

 

Benefits:

In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:

  • 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) (pro-rata)
  • Pension scheme (with up to 12% employer contributions)
  • Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses
  • Annual discretionary colleague bonus to reward you for your hard work
  • Free tea and coffee provisions for all colleagues during rest breaks at work

We are an “Investors in People - Platinum” employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country’s top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. As your confidence grows, you’ll have the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities. Whether you’re thinking of a future with us or looking to develop your skills with a community-focused business, we’ll work together with you to shape your career for the better.

About Us

From a single store in 1861 we have grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We’re proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we’re a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more!

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on (01522) 533316, or alternatively you can email [email protected].


We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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