Category Manager

Salary

Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Position

Category Manager - Warwick (Hybrid) - Fusion Utilities

About Fusion Utilities

We are Fusion Utilities, a part of the Wolseley Group - a leading specialist trade merchant across the UK and Ireland. We pride ourselves in putting our people and customers at the heart of everything we do - and best of all, provide opportunities to develop skills and build careers through our award winning Wolseley Talent Guild.

Benefits

Annual leave (increasing with length of service), a generous pension scheme (matched up to 9%), potential to earn bonuses, enhanced maternity / adoption leave and access to a great range of online and high street discounts.
We also promote positive health and wellbeing by offering free access to healthcare, our popular YuLife app, our Cycle to Work scheme and more!

Role Details

This is a full time, permanent role working 40 hours per week Monday to Friday between 8am - 5pm on a hybrid basis.

Responsibilities

• Driving the strategy on a range of products, responsible for all category supplier terms negotiations.
• Analysing data to understand trends and identify opportunities.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders and have a strategic and proactive approach to managing the supply base, whilst understanding the customers' needs.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Buyer/Category Manager preferably in a mid to large organisation
• Able to influence key stakeholders at a range of different levels.
• Experience of developing, planning and executing strategy.
• Analytical skills to interpret complex information about market changes and competitor activity utilising tools such as Business Objects, Power BI and advanced Excel.
• Confident in negotiating supplier terms.
• Experience of working within Utilities, Gas and Water would be a bonus but by no means essential.

We look forward to receiving your application!