Commercial Category Manager

Are you a strategic and commercially-minded category professional with a passion for Kitchens?

Reporting to the Category Director, this Commercial Category Manager opportunity is a brand new role within our Benchmarx Kitchens commercial team. You will influence stakeholders, shape market-leading strategies, and drive business performance within a trusted organization.

You will create and deliver a clear category strategy for the Kitchen sector, ensuring our proposition meets market needs while empowering our branch colleagues to serve customers brilliantly. You'll play a key role in driving our Group Commercial Strategy, managing supplier performance, and ensuring strong trading outcomes.

Location: Location isn’t important but you will need to travel to our Head Office based in Duston, Northamptonshire.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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