Range Manager

What's in it for you

At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:

• A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
• After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
• 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
• Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
• Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
• 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
• Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
• After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
• Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
• Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A great holiday package

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Range Manager for our Wellingborough head office. Reporting into the Head of Range, it will be your role as Manager to ensure that Booker have the correct Master Range Assortment to satisfy our numerous customer divisions, including Retail, Catering, Branch and National Accounts. You will be responsible for the effective delivery of the range to maximise sales, customer satisfaction & commercial objectives.

You will be responsible for

• Being an expert in your area, become fully engaged with the Trading team to understand the direction & opportunities available and understand how we turn that into a viable solution for the business
• Facilitating the needs of Operations & Sales Teams, ensuring we balance the overall proposition to deliver the best outcome.
• Working with Trading, conduct Range reviews & product analysis to ensure we maintain relevance for our customers.
• Provide complete & accurate analysis for projects or reviews to an agreed set of parameters
• Building briefing documents and ways of working documentation to support where required, to ensure all parties understand fully how to adapt to new processes.
• Redesigning Branches in line with latest policy and building appropriate ranges to suit.
• Working with the Space Planners, building store planograms to reflect the forward facing direction of the business.
• Creating the optimal BC ranges that take into account Customer & Commercial objectives.
• Ensuring listing & deletion processes are followed to maintain our overall Range proposition.
• Ensuring deletions from the Master Range are processed by the Trading Team (subject to GSCOP)
• Supporting Supply Chain with timely sharing of information to minimise disruption.
• Complying with all company policies, procedures and systems e.g. Business Code of Conduct, GSCOP, IT security.

You will need

• Demonstratable understanding of the retail industry, specifically products.
• Knowledge of how commercial decisions impact the business.
• A clear understanding of your key stakeholders functions, including Trading, Supply Chain, Operations and Sales Teams.
• Demonstrate ability and evidence of people management.
• Experience of Microsoft Office (in particular MS Excel)
• Knowledge of SAP (preferred, not essential)
• Excellent in building positive relationships with all stakeholders.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, being able to communicate effectively and efficiently with colleagues, customers and suppliers

About The Company

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country.  We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Booker and Best where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our workplace is one where differences are valued, and all colleagues are given the same opportunities.  We not only celebrate and embrace diversity and build inclusion but recognise the value and opportunities this brings.  Our inclusive culture makes our company stronger and is fundamental to our core purpose: serving customers, communities and the planet a little better every day.  Everyone’s welcome at Booker.

How we support disabled colleagues and candidates is key to our inclusive culture; we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support you can expect, please contact recruitment@bookergroup.com

Please note

We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.

On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*

For more information about us please visit www.bookergroupjobs.co.uk