The Regatta Group
Category Manager - Professional
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Are you a commercially driven Category Manager with a passion for workwear and PPE?
Looking for a role where you can own the full product lifecycle, influence innovation, and bring high-quality, compliant products to market?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Category Manager - Professional Workwear & PPE to join our growing team.
The Impact You Will Have in This Role
As Category Manager, you will take full ownership of the Professional Workwear range, driving the briefing, development, sourcing, and buying strategy. Your work will directly influence product performance, ensuring ranges are delivered on time, to target margin, and to the highest quality and compliance standards.
You’ll play a critical role in shaping commercially successful ranges while ensuring all products meet PPE regulations and certification requirements.
A full job description outlining all deliverables and requirements for the above can be found attached to the advert on our careers page.
As our future Category Manager - Professional you will have:
- Proven experience within workwear, PPE, or uniform categories, ideally within a brand, distributor, or wholesaler
- A strong understanding of PPE regulations, standards, and certification processes
- Experience in submitting PPE technical files and analysing test reports
- A keen commercial eye for design with the ability to balance innovation and cost
- Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to high standards
- Strong communication skills, with experience working cross-functionally and with international teams (including Asia)
- The ability to manage the full product lifecycle from concept to launch
- Confidence in presenting ideas at key milestones, including range reviews and product launches
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Travel to the Far East is expected within this role.
We Can Offer You
- Profit Share Bonus: Enjoy a discretionary bonus based on the company's success.
- Future-Proof Pension: Secure your retirement with our comprehensive pension plan.
- Annual Leave: 25 days starting annual leave entitlement
- Loyalty Rewards: Earn an extra day off for every 3 years of service, up to 2 additional days.
- Buy More Leave: Buy up to an additional 3 days of annual leave every year
- Continual development: Comprehensive training and development, including bitesize learning, apprenticeship courses, and ongoing opportunities to grow your career
- Exclusive Discounts: Get special discounts across all our brands.
- Perks at Your Fingertips: Access a variety of benefits through our company website.
- Family Support: Benefit from enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave after 2 years of service.
- Celebrate You: Take advantage of birthday hours to celebrate your special day.
- Wellness Walks: Join company walks to stay active and connect with colleagues.
- Inspiring Workspace: Work in a state-of-the-art Head Office environment.
- Volunteer Day: Enjoy a paid day off to give back to your community.
- Hassle-Free Parking: Free, secure on-site parking for all employees.
- Delicious Dining: Enjoy meals at our subsidized canteen, featuring Starbucks coffee.
- Cycle to Work: Save on travel with our cycle-to-work scheme.
- Fitness Perks: Access discounted gym memberships at various locations, along with access to our onsite fitness suite and wellbeing room.
- Convenient Facilities: Freshen up with our on-site shower facilities, complete with hairdryers and straighteners.
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Our Regatta Family
The Regatta Group supplies quality outdoor clothing and accessories through our 3 great brands - Regatta, Craghoppers, and Dare2b - whether exploring the Amazon rainforest, walking your dog in the local park, or cycling the Tour de France, we have what you need.
It’s a friendly, supportive family business - a place where bakers, dog walkers, book worms, students, parents, travelers, movie buffs, foodies, festival goers, musicians, and more come together to create experiences our customers really appreciate.
The thing we all have in common, is that we share the same core values of Great Relationships and Entrepreneurial Spirit.
Our Investment In The Environment
Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, and you will have the opportunity to support our Group wide sustainability committee and put ideas into action and really make a difference to the world we live in!
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At Regatta Group, we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming workplace. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Should you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we are happy to support you.
Take the leap - join us in making a difference, both for our team and the world around us!
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