Category Assistant Beauty
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Job Location:
Nottingham - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
18 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Category Assistant
12 Mths FTC/Secondment
Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker
About the role
Our Category team are at the heart of our business and play a critical role creating compelling reasons for customers to shop at Boots. They are a dynamic team working to deliver a differentiated competitive and customer led range in store.
The team are accountable for delivering the sales and profit budget using the key levers of range price promotions and distribution to delight our customers enabling them to feel good.
Contribute to the delivery of customer promotions in store by setting up campaign offers such as 3 for 2 Half Price on the Boots SAP system.
Working with other teams such as the marketing and pricing team to ensure set ups are right first time.
Confirm promotional funding with suppliers ensuring this is logged correctly on a tracker so it can be invoiced.
Check invoice calculations and work with the Trading Process team to raise the correct amounts.
Help the assistant category manager to review competitor pricing activity.
Supporting the stores help desk and customer care team with all category queries ranging from pricing product descriptions or missing marketing material in store.
Run sales reports and analyse for the team and suppliers helping with Monday morning weekly reporting.
Raise Purchase Orders for marketing and merchandising activity
What youll need to have
(Outlook Excel PowerPoint and Word)
In-depth understanding of numerous SAP programmes
Proficient communication whether face-to-face Teams or email
Must develop knowledge of category strategy performance and range
It would be great if you also have
Ability to analyse/ report data
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
Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying discounted gym membership life assurance activity passes and 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 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 its with you we change for the better.
Whats 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 reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best
Keywords
category assistant
12 Mths FTC/Secondment
Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker
About the role
Our Category team are at the heart of our business and play a critical role creating compelling reasons for customers to shop at Boots. They are a dynamic team working to deliver a differentiated competitive and customer led range in store.
The team are accountable for delivering the sales and profit budget using the key levers of range price promotions and distribution to delight our customers enabling them to feel good.
Contribute to the delivery of customer promotions in store by setting up campaign offers such as 3 for 2 Half Price on the Boots SAP system.
Working with other teams such as the marketing and pricing team to ensure set ups are right first time.
Confirm promotional funding with suppliers ensuring this is logged correctly on a tracker so it can be invoiced.
Check invoice calculations and work with the Trading Process team to raise the correct amounts.
Help the assistant category manager to review competitor pricing activity.
Supporting the stores help desk and customer care team with all category queries ranging from pricing product descriptions or missing marketing material in store.
Run sales reports and analyse for the team and suppliers helping with Monday morning weekly reporting.
Raise Purchase Orders for marketing and merchandising activity
What youll need to have
(Outlook Excel PowerPoint and Word)
In-depth understanding of numerous SAP programmes
Proficient communication whether face-to-face Teams or email
Must develop knowledge of category strategy performance and range
It would be great if you also have
Ability to analyse/ report data
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
Flexible benefits scheme including holiday buying discounted gym membership life assurance activity passes and 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 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 its with you we change for the better.
Whats 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 reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best
Keywords
category assistant
Key Skills
- Abinitio
- Aerospace Engineering
- Corporate Relationship
- Business Administration
- Financial Reporting
- Avionics
About Company
We’re always looking for people who care; people who go the extra mile to change things for the better for our customers, patients and team members. Whether you're looking for a particular opportunity, or maybe you’re not too sure which role you’ll want to apply for – you’ve come to t ... View more
