We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.We are open to flexible and agile working. Talk to us about how we can best support you! Working closely with the category team, to define the sourcing needs and build sourcing strategy with the objective of lowering costs and developing operational excellence. You will evolve mainly in multi footprint environment insuring the check and balance between our banners.
This role sits within the Range team reporting to the Category Director. It leads Offer trading for a specific OEB category. Seeks to achieve efficient trading outcomes for the nominated category.
What's the job?
- Management of OEB trading for a specific category. Through communication between the O&S Range team and the Banner teams, identifying the opportunity and crafting the action plan to achieve it.
- Working with the Cat Director on the creation and management of the OEB 3-5-year Strategic plan. Reporting on the progress as required, running any remedial actions vital and updating the plan each year towards the longer term.
- Works with other Category Trading Managers, develops the Group OEB Trading Guidelines and framework.
- Manages the process for the creation of Special Buy offers by the category team via the Sourcing offices and the presentation and adoption of these products into the Banner Trading Plan.
- Creation of the trading plan for each Category to feed into the Group OEB Trading Plan. (There is also a requirement to liaise closely with each Banner Market Director for this)
- Track and analyse the OEB range performance, sharing insights and issues with Category and Marketing Trading Leads and follows-through until resolution
- Supports Head of to analyse Business Performance and handles communication of actions through Product Leads
- Actively participates in the Monthly Business Review
What You'll Bring
- Critical thinking and vision and the ability to translate that into a strategic plan
- Strong analytical skills to draw insight from a variety of commercial and customer data points and identify trends
- Previous industry and product knowledge experience within a retail environment
- General knowledge of OEB brands and products
- Strong commercial foresight with an ability to analyse and understand financial data and measure business performance.
- Excellent collaborator leadership skills and the ability to work optimally and manage relationships within a matrix organisation.
- Excellent project management skills
- Previous management experience desirable
- Sales and trading Management
- Trading Planning and Promotions
- Ideally has knowledge of the category (technical)
Be Customer Focused – Constantly Improving Our Customers’ Experience
- I listen to my customers
- I use available data to help make decisions
Be Human – acting with humanity and care
- I do the right thing
- I am respectful
Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious
- I build and share new ideas
- I try new things and share my learnings
Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility
- I have courage to be creative
- Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20
Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together
- I embrace allyship
- I have self-awareness and a desire to learn
Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth
- I own my actions
- I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role
At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.
In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
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