Category Assistant Category Assistant Luxury bath and body, Home Fragrance, Hosiery & greetings cards
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Job Location:
Nottingham - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Category Assistant
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
Rewards designed for you
About The Boots Group
The Boots Group is a trusted leader in healthcare pharmacy and retail operating across 11 countries - including the UK Ireland Thailand and Mexico. The Boots Group brands - including Boots Boots Opticians No7 Beauty Company Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare - are trusted and well recognised healthcare and beauty businesses serving millions of customers and patients every day in communities around the world. 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.
Whats next
If you apply our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. 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.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Be brilliant with Boots.
Keywords
category assistant
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
Rewards designed for you
- 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 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.
About The Boots Group
The Boots Group is a trusted leader in healthcare pharmacy and retail operating across 11 countries - including the UK Ireland Thailand and Mexico. The Boots Group brands - including Boots Boots Opticians No7 Beauty Company Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare - are trusted and well recognised healthcare and beauty businesses serving millions of customers and patients every day in communities around the world. 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.
Whats next
If you apply our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. 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.
Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Be brilliant with Boots.
Keywords
category assistant
Required Experience:
Junior IC
About Company
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