Experienced Amazon Category Manager role for an award winning homeware company near Heald Green, South Manchester
Full Job Description
Amazon Category Manager - South Manchester
Hybrid Working | Up to £55,000 + Bonus
We're recruiting an Amazon Category Manager for an award-winning business, one of Europe's leading licensed homeware and lifestyle businesses, working with some of the world's biggest brands including Disney, Warner Bros., Microsoft, Netflix, Nintendo, LEGO and Paramount.
This is a newly created role where you'll own category performance across Amazon, acting like a Retail Buyer and treating Amazon as your storefront.
What you'll be doing:
The core responsibilities include:
- Think and act like a retail buyer treating Amazon as the primary storefront while owning category performance end-to-end
- Be highly inquisitive with strong data analysis skills, able to interpret sales, margin, and performance data to generate actionable insights
- Demonstrate a strong interest in AI, Amazon marketplace trends, and digital retail innovation, applying new tools where relevant
- Drive category growth and profitability through insight-led decision making, pricing strategy, and range optimisation
- Own category and brand performance on Amazon, including identifying underperforming lines and implementing improvement actions
- Monitor competitor activity and market trends to inform trading decisions and maintain competitiveness
- Work closely with marketing, supply chain, and commercial teams to ensure alignment on availability, promotions, and growth plans
What we're looking for:
- Background in Retail Category Management, Buying, Merchandising or Ecommerce
- Strong commercial and analytical skills
- Experience managing product ranges, sales and margin performance
- Advanced Excel and data analysis capability
- Ability to spot opportunities and build commercially viable product strategies
- Experience with Amazon would be ideal but not essential
- Up to £55,000 salary
- Bonus potential
- Hybrid working (3 days office) 2 days work from home with early finish Friday and flexible hours during the week
- Additional Christmas shutdown
- Genuine ownership in a newly created role
- Opportunity to work with globally recognised licensed brands
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Locations
Retail Category Manager in Cheadle, Cheshire employer: Box Recruitment Group Limited
As a leading supplier of rotating equipment, this company offers an exceptional work environment for Internal Sales Engineers, fostering a dynamic and motivated culture that prioritises employee growth and development. With competitive salaries, quarterly bonuses, and free parking, employees are encouraged to excel in their roles while contributing to the company's success. The full-time office-based position provides a unique opportunity to advance into senior roles, making it an attractive choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment in the engineering sector.
Contact Details:
Box Recruitment Group Limited Recruitment Team
