Category Planner
Posted 1 day ago by This is Alexander Faraday Recruitment
£40,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Feltham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: This role involves recruiting a Category Planner for a leading retail business on a 12-month temporary assignment in a hybrid working environment. The position focuses on supporting the beauty product category by analyzing sales and stock, producing trade reports, and managing product lifecycle activities. The ideal candidate will have experience in category planning and strong analytical skills, particularly with Excel. This opportunity is suited for those who thrive in a fast-paced retail setting and wish to enhance their category experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse sales vs stock to identify trends, risks and opportunities
- Produce trade reports, promotional analysis and insights
- Support SKU set-up, pricing and promotional activity
- Assist with range planning and product lifecycle management
- Manage elements of the critical path to ensure smooth launches
- Work closely with Supply Chain, Marketing and suppliers
- Handle category queries and reporting requests
Key Skills:
- Experience in Category Planning, Merchandising, Buying Admin or similar
- Background in a head office retail environment with high SKU volumes
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs)
- High attention to detail
- Confident communicator – able to build relationships and challenge when needed
- Experience with systems like SAP is advantageous
Salary (Rate): £40,000.00 yearly
City: Feltham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Retail
This is Alexander Faraday Recruitment are excited to be working with a leading retail business to recruit a Category Planner for a 12-month temporary assignment on a hybrid basis. This is a high-volume, fast-paced environment where you’ll support a key product category (beauty) and play a central role in driving commercial performance.
The Role
- Analyse sales vs stock to identify trends, risks and opportunities
- Produce trade reports, promotional analysis and insights
- Support SKU set-up, pricing and promotional activity
- Assist with range planning and product lifecycle management
- Manage elements of the critical path to ensure smooth launches
- Work closely with Supply Chain, Marketing and suppliers
- Handle category queries and reporting requests
About You
- Experience in Category Planning, Merchandising, Buying Admin or similar
- Background in a head office retail environment with high SKU volumes
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs)
- High attention to detail
- Confident communicator – able to build relationships and challenge when needed
- Experience with systems like SAP is advantageous
If you enjoy working with data, thrive in a busy retail environment, and want to develop your category experience—this is a great opportunity to step up.