Sainsbury Careers – Category Planner – Household, Baby and Pet

Job Description:

The Category Planner for Household Baby and Pet is a pivotal role within the category leadership team and operates on behalf of the category manager as well as acting as a key custodian for our customers. This role is a Job share 2 x 3 days a week with the below accountabilities categories divided between the two roles

The successful candidates will be a forward-thinking, strategic, and insightful, with an operational and commercial mind-set.A driven leader, able to make things happen at pace.

Job Responsibilities:

• Value strategy and proposition including secondary space and events
• Driver and participant for BU of corporate change and improvement initiatives relating to value, range, promotions and events.
• Strategic planning and delivery of category objectives and strategic projects through ABC’s, the PQF process and supplier relationship management.
• Customer insight lead
• Ranging strategy and capability of team

Job Requirements:

• PromComm / Range Com timings met and measured
• Provide insight/data on a timely basis to inform decisions or changes to plan
• Spot opportunities to improve ways or working and share best practice across BU to drive value adding improvements
• Achievement of Food Commercial Shared Objectives
• Category Plans delivered to timescales, on budget and within agreed retail hours
• PQF timings and appropriate outputs
• Successful leadership of the Category team ascertained through feedback

Qualification & Experience:

• Ownership of the range strategy including what, when and how we deliver relevant ranges
• Great influence of the pricing and promotional plan including how we use secondary space
• Influence and recommendation of the overarching category strategy and plans
• Leadership of category planning team and their approach to delivering against the category planning teams objectives

Job Details:

Company: Sainsbury’s

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Functions: Marketing Sales

Job Location: London, GB

Application Deadline: N/A

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