CR Category Manager

• Competitive Salary
• 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
• 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
• Private Medical Insurance
• Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
• Free Secure on Site Car Parking

About the Company

Do you want to work for a company that’s playing a leading role in delivering the North West’s low carbon future?  EET Fuels (Trading name of Essar Oil (UK) Limited) produces over 16% of the UK’s road transport fuels, provides key feedstocks to Britain’s petrochemical industry and is investing in developing low carbon fuels.

We are a major supplier in the North West and beyond with customers including most of the major retail brands operated by international oil companies and supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading commercial airlines and the region’s trains and buses.

And we’re central to the innovative HyNet project which is redefining energy to achieve our regional low carbon ambitions and national policy targets. 

We employ over 800 expert and engaged colleagues, who are at the heart of everything we do.  The company has an embedded safety culture, technically challenging work across all the different parts of the business and some of the best training available in the energy industry.

For more information, please visit www.eetfuels.com

Please note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.

**The Role

Following the success of our recent acquisitions and the launch of our company leased dealer operated (CLDO) business model for our retail business, we have ambitious plans to accelerate the growth of our Essar retail brand and rapidly scale up our forecourt network across the country.

With a fresh approach to forecourt retailing and seamless integration with our Stanlow refinery which is set to become the UK’s first low carbon process refinery, we’re redefining forecourt experiences and transforming filling stations into hubs of community convenience with the brands and services customers want and need.

We are thrilled to announce an outstanding opportunity within our Retail team for a CR Category Manager. This pivotal role involves playing a key part in crafting and implementing the strategic plan for our country's convenience stores.

As a CR Category Manager, the focus will be formulating the category management plan, devising pricing and margin strategies, developing promotional initiatives, overseeing planogram design and execution, and conducting thorough market assessments.

Principal Accountabilities:

Category Management-

• Develop and execute the Category Management Strategic Plan (floor plan, price positioning, category roles and planograms).
• Develop plan and analyse sales, costs, and margins of products.
• Analyse prices by channels and competitors in collaboration with the pricing coordinator.
• Execute the planogram optimisation plan.
• Analyse market research information.

CR Information Systems-

• Management of spaceman and similar software.
• Analysis of category KPI’s.

CR Promotional Plan-

• Develop an annual competitive promotional plan based on category management analysis.
• Negotiate and implement promotions with vendors.
• Develop POP material according to execution guidelines.
• Evaluate promotional plan performance.

CR Profitability-

• Analyse performance reports (sales + margins) for categories and subcategories.
• Develop and execute specific plans to ensure continuous CR performance improvement.
• Negotiate vendor rebates in collaboration with CR Manager.
• Optimise vendor supply chain agreement.
• Follow up vendor rebates and additional services agreements.

Projects-

• Provide support to CR Manager with additional projects relating to continuous improvement of the area.

**About You

Job Knowledge, Skills, And Experience:

Qualification-

• Preferred-   Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Management, or related areas.

Experience

• Extensive experience in category management and merchandising.
• Understanding of marketing principles and retail merchandising fundamentals.
• Knowledge of market trends and consumer behaviour.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of retail operations and sales.

Skills and Attributes-

• Computer (MS Office)
• Vendor management
• Planogram design
• Strategy design and execution
• Project management
• Data analysis

Competencies-

• Self-motivated
• Ability to follow both written and verbal instruction with great attention to detail.
• Effective communication
• Professionalism
• Negotiation
• Organisation

Closing Date

This vacancy will close on 07 May 2024.