Category Manager

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• Consistently deliver profitable commercial ranges that delight our Guests, maximise sales, minimise markdown and achieve profit targets.
• Work with the Global Food and Beverage Manager to create and implement the category strategies through our innovation labs and in line with the overall household strategy.
• Lead and engage key Merchandising, Procurement, Marketing and Outbound Supply teams to ensure that all ranging decisions allow the brand to be truly represented in all markets and channels.
• Lead NPD briefing sessions and work with development team to create and deliver new and exciting products, while co-ordinating and managing stage gate reviews of these products with the board.
• Work with the Marketing, Merchandising and Retail team to deliver robust, well communicated new product launches, alongside continual improvement of day to day trading of the categories.
• Together with the Merchandise team and Global, Food and Beverage Manager, establish key financial parameters and actively contribute to overachieve them.
• Weekly review product performance taking necessary action to optimise stock, sales, profit and availability including management of write-off risk, alignment with 3rd party procurement and working collaboratively with Outbound Supply, Merchandising and Fulfilment teams.

Who You Are & What You Have

Essential

• Established Category Management experience working within a Retailer in a Trading function
• Excellent product knowledge & ability to create successful global product strategies.
• Able to identify and drive key profit indicators with proven success
• Strong self-awareness, communication, networking and interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence and negotiate a variety of different audiences
• Resourceful, creative and flexible; thrives on positive change.
• Constantly strives for continuous improvements in approaches, processes & performance.
• Significant experience working within a retailer in a merchandising function.
• Fully competent in use of Microsoft applications.

Desirable

• Experience in of working with Wholesale partners.
• Knowledge of the US and Japanese markets
• Excellent understanding of the product development cycle, supply chain & marketing principles

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You’ll play a vital role within a constantly evolving company, in a friendly and energetic workplace. Every single person who works for us has the opportunity to study for our highly respected Chocolate Diploma. Staff perks include an unlimited 50% discount on all our products, as well as 70% off the rate card price for you and your guests when you stay at the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] – our hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia, set among the cocoa trees of our historic Rabot Estate.

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we treat each other with respect, equality and grace. Our mantra? Be brave. Be kind. This People Pledge is underpinned by our values of Originality, Authenticity and Ethics. We encourage new ideas and fresh thinking and for each of you to bring your ORIGINALITY to work. We want you to be your AUTHENTIC self – and feel comfortable to share your differences, and what makes you unique. Our commitment to being an ETHICAL business means we have a deep sense of fairness when it comes to the way we treat one another. This applies during our recruitment process too. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who positively celebrates a diverse and inclusive culture. We welcome people from all walks of life to join us, bringing their individuality to help us reach our ambitious growth plans. We believe this is critically important to help us create a place to work where everyone feels like they belong, can be themselves and where all of our differences are celebrated.