Category Manager

Are you a highly motivated and detail-oriented professional with a passion for product & category development? REED Procurement are supporting a client on an exclusive basis, who has a workforce of very passionate and creative employees, and they’re looking to add one more to the team! This Category Manager role will be managing one of their larger categories for the business, and they are looking for someone with a passion for creative industries and products. You will drive the category forward and continually evaluate and develop NPD in to the category.

What You'll Do:

• Drive innovative, trend-led product development from concept to production.
• Collaborate with creative, technical, and commercial teams.
• Manage customer relationships and internal product strategy.
• Work closely with their Asia team to enhance supplier collaboration.

Ideally you will have:

• Experience of Far East Sourcing.
• Experience within the Retail Buying sector.
• A background of product/category development in a creative industry.
• Excellent stakeholder and project management skills to manage multiple projects at one time.
• A passion for working in an innovative and creative sector where product development on new and emerging trends in your market is at the core of what you do!

Benefits:

• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Long service awards & many other reward and recognition schemes
• 25 days holidays + bank holidays.
• 2 days additional leave for getting married
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Enhanced company sick pay.
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Health & Wellbeing schemes.