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Come and join us as a customer-focused and results-driven Category Assistant and be part of a hugely successful and friendly team.
The Role
As a Category Assistant, you will have the drive and ambition to work within a dynamic, commercial function. You may be looking to take your first step into a career in Buying or Category. You will play a vital role as the first point of contact for our expansive branch network and suppliers, supporting our Category team for Controls and Tools in ensuring we have the right range of products for our customers at the right gross margin profitability, and securing the maximum funding from our suppliers to support that range.
Key Responsibilities
* Using your great communication skills, ensure requests and queries from our Branches are dealt with quickly and efficiently.
* Have an eye for detail, ensuring accurate data is provided to help the team understand the trading performance of our categories and customers.
* Be a great team player, collaborating effectively with internal stakeholders of all levels to help deliver commercial projects in a fast-paced & growing category.
* Own & maintain data to ensure our online content, system data, pricing & promotional activity is accurate and customer-focused.
You:
Previous experience isn't essential for our Category Assistant roles. You might have retail experience, be a recent graduate, or currently working in our network already. If you're looking to build a career, this could be a great first step with the opportunity to work in a dynamic business surrounded by passionate people who are driven to succeed. We just need you to be great with numbers, sharp with data, and able to balance lots of different tasks at the same time!
Skills And Competencies
* Confidence to build relationships.
* Comfortable working at pace and not afraid to get stuck in!
* An innovative and agile approach to identify solutions.
* Enjoy working collaboratively with a focus on driving results.
Other roles similar to this might include: Admin, Buying, Procurement, Category, Commercial, or Retail.
Us
From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. We have everything you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to trade and retail customers, and we’re excited about our future. We prioritize our colleagues, giving them the tools to succeed, be happy, and feel rewarded.
Benefits Package And Cultural Environment
* Bonus
* Discounts, savings, and cashback at numerous retailers
* Life assurance
* Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave, and more
* Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme
* Complete induction, growth opportunities, and development encouragement
* Financial education and loans
* Flexible working options
* An inclusive environment where everyone can be their true self
* And more!
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We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We want you to enrich our culture, not just fit into it.
We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after an offer of employment is accepted.
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