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Are you a strategic and commercially‑minded category professional with a passion for kitchens? This Senior Category Manager opportunity is a brand new role within our Kitchens commercial team. You will lead a small team to influence stakeholders, shape market‑leading strategies and drive business performance within a trusted organisation.
Location: Duston, Northamptonshire. Travel to the Head Office is required.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead, coach and develop a small team to deliver on key commercial priorities while fostering skills growth and personal development.
* Define and implement product category strategies, covering ranging, brand proposition, supplier selection, pricing, and route to market, ensuring alignment with Group objectives.
* Establish strong working relationships across the business with Regional Directors, Operations Managers and Branch Managers to influence commercial success.
* Ensure supplier relationships deliver optimal net costs through effective collaboration and relationship management.
* Act as a key commercial stakeholder, liaising with internal teams such as Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Legal and Sustainability.
* Support the TP HSE team to maintain high standards across the supply chain, ensuring supplier compliance with Health & Safety standards.
* Drive innovation by introducing new products aligned with market needs.
What You’ll Bring
* Significant experience within the kitchen market.
* Proven experience in commercial category management and delivering commercial strategies.
* Strong people‑leadership skills, with the ability to set clear goals and support development.
* Experience of managing a small team.
* Excellent supplier management and relationship‑building skills.
* Advanced negotiation and analytical skills with strong commercial acumen.
* The ability to influence at a senior level and work cross‑functionally to deliver complex projects.
* A customer‑focused mindset, with flexibility and resilience in adapting to change.
Benefits
* Competitive performance‑related bonus.
* Annual car allowance.
* Save‑as‑you‑earn scheme.
* Buy‑as‑you‑earn scheme.
* Contributory pension scheme.
* Private medical insurance.
* Life insurance.
* Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses, including trade merchants (20% off at Toolstation).
About Us As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years. With over 5 businesses, 19,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK, we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, we have fun along the way.
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