# Category Manager

**Company**: Asda
**Location**: Asda House
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive salary plus benefits
**Category**: Other
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We're transforming procurement at Asda, and we need a Category Manager to lead the development and implementation of category strategies. You'll work at the heart of decision-making, driving efficiency, and helping us achieve a #2 share in Grocery.

As a Category Manager, you'll:

- Develop category strategies to build and maintain a pipeline of delivery opportunities

- Influence and collaborate with stakeholders to drive forward category initiatives

- Lead on major business investments and executive priorities within the relevant function

- Manage end-to-end sourcing activities

- Contribute to our cost and cash programme

- Create & maintain successful supplier relationships and develop future strategic partnerships

To succeed, you'll need:

- Proven experience in Procurement/Category Management

- Ability to apply commercial approaches to deliver real value for the business

- Skilled in crafting and managing complex contracts

- Experience in influencing senior levels within a large organisation

- Agile and adaptable to support business needs in a dynamic transformation environment

- Personal drive to deliver at pace whilst working on a wide range of projects

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary company bonus, company pension up to 7% matched, company car allowance of £5,700, 15% colleague discount in store and online, and excellent parental leave policies.

## Skills

### Required
- Procurement
- Category Management
- Commercial Leadership
- Communication
- Negotiation

### Nice to have
- Corporate services – People & HR, Legal, BPO, Banking & Financial Services

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