Supplier relationship and category management for designated categories and agreed supplier portfolio.

Source new products in line with the internal business strategy and external customer retention and development strategy.

Price management, Range Reviews, Competitor Analysis, Market updates, Commodity Tracking and reporting.

Support the business with slow moving and short dated products by working with suppliers to create an exit strategy.

Maintain a broad understanding of owned categories stock holding and risk at all times.

Keep up to date with changes to product regulatory compliance and suggest and implement actions to maintain regulatory compliance.

Facilitate solutions to industry challenges and changes across relevant categories.

Competitor analysis and market updates across product range, execution and customer offering.

Liaise closely with Marketing to ensure Trading strategy dovetails with Channel & Consumer insight.

Maximise potential margins through product swaps and suggested alternatives through developing and nurturing effective relationships with the Sales Team.

Present proactive plans and Category insight to internal and external customers of all levels.

Provide clear management of expectations and definition of timescales to internal customers.

Share best practice, supplier and range information with Country Range Head Office and Member counterparts.

Organising the collection of supplier marketing collateral within the required timeframes

Loading of supplier and Country Range Group promotions onto our internal systems

Supporting the trading team with ad-hoc tasks as required

We're looking for someone with a strong desire to make a difference and go above and beyond for our customers., Highly self-motivated to achieve agreed goals, able to work efficiently and independently within time constraints.

An organised and methodical approach to work and prioritisation that ensures the achievement of deadlines.

An understanding of key metrics that impact the commercial revenues including Overider, Marketing income & Product Rebates.

Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel and ideally with experience using Office 365, Teams and Sharepoint.

FMCG Product knowledge ideally gained from within one of the 'out of home' channels.

An understanding of product allergens, nutritional information and government food legislation (Sugar Tax, HFSS Etc).

This role will achieve commercial terms targets and marketing execution with agreed supplier portfolio of circa 65 suppliers worth circa £500,000 of below the line revenue across £7.5m of spend and take ownership for the full product life cycle within designated categories to achieve range and financial targets while aligning to the business needs and customer demand., Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Recognition for doing a great job and going the extra mile from customers, your department and the rest of the business.

Access to an online discount portal, providing discounts for gyms, the cinema, supermarkets, high street retailers, cashback for changing your electricity supplier and much more helping you to save money on purchases that you would ordinarily make.

Employee assistance programme that offers confidential support and advice which includes free access to legal advice, wellness programmes and much more.