Category Manager
An established and successful business near Cardiff are recruiting for a Category Manager on a permanent basis.
The company are driven to create innovative products that are high performing, environmentally sustainable and economically attractive. The customers are from a range of industries and this role will manage a specific product portfolio to enhance profitability, product relevance and market share.
Category Manager job description
- Work across the full product lifecycle from optimising the current range and improving margins, to supporting new product development and driving product performance.
- Category Strategy: Own and develop a category roadmap that drives profitability, product performance, market share and customer relevance.
- Product Portfolio Management: Optimise existing product mix, streamline the range, and identify gaps and opportunities aligned to customer needs and sector demands.
- Pricing & Margin: Monitor product performance and implement initiatives to improve product margins and overall profitability.
- New Product Development: Contribute to the development and launch of new products, working closely with technical, marketing, sales, and customer service.
- Performance Monitoring: Analyse sales and margin data to track performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with sales, marketing, operations, and technical teams to ensure successful execution of category plans.
Category Manager person specification
- Demonstrable experience in Category Management, Product Marketing or relevant commercial roles.
- Strong commercial acumen with a track record of improving margins and growing category performance.
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle, pricing, and promotion planning.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to interpret performance and turn insights into actions.
- Collaborative approach — comfortable working across departments to deliver results.
- Highly organised, proactive, and commercially curious.
- Passion for sustainability and innovation.
An opportunity for a suitably experienced candidate to join an innovative business. Applicants will be comfortable working in a technical, product-led business. This role has duties and contact across Marketing, Technical, Customer Service and Business Development teams.
As well as the salary there are 25 days annual leave, healthcare provisions, company pension and further intangible benefits.
Hybrid working: two days in the office, three days from home.
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Bowen Eldridge Recruitment is acting as a Marketing Recruitment Agency.