Category Development Manager - EBS - #2161325

Please note: This vacancy is a Fixed-Term Contract (approx. 12 months) for Maternity Cover.

Field Sales Solutions has an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning business as a Category Development Manager, working with some iconic brands – Oral B, Olay & Braun (Procter & Gamble).

If you love being out in the field, influencing results and taking real ownership of a category, this could be the role for you.

Field Sales Solutions are a leading field marketing agency, proud to be a three-time winner of the FMBE Field Marketing Agency of the Year Award. We partner with some of the UK’s most exciting and recognisable brands, delivering standout in-store execution that drives growth.

We’re now looking for a passionate and commercially focused individual to become a category expert within Electrical, Beauty & Skincare – growing sales, improving availability, educating store teams and delivering irresistible execution in store.

Territory Covered: BA1, BA2, BA4, BA11, BA12, BA14, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS4, BS5, BS6, BS9, BS13, BS16, BS21, BS22, BS23, BS24, BS30, BS32, BS34, BS37, BS39, SN14, SN15

As part of our Perfect Store Team, you’ll be the face of Oral B, Olay & Braun within your stores, driving performance across your territory by:

• Executing the Electrical, Beauty & Skincare category strategy to the highest standard.
• Influencing availability through a consultative, collaborative approach with in-store teams.
• Ensuring robust back-of-house processes, product protection and system compliance.
• Improving inventory accuracy through regular stock takes and root-cause analysis.
• Ensuring EBS fixtures are fully compliant to planograms, including SELs, facings and capacities.
• Acting as the key point of contact for Oral B, Olay & Braun building strong, long-term store relationships.
• Conducting business reviews with store managers to drive store and regional growth.
• Using the Field View sales app to analyse performance, identify opportunity and create actionable plans.
• Sharing category insights, trends and data where approved to drive engagement and results.
• Delivering high-quality training to store colleagues on new products, initiatives and category knowledge.

• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Strong relationship-building ability and a consultative mindset.
• Experience combining negotiation skills with category development to grow sales.
• Knowledge of grocery and high-street retail environments.
• Understanding of category management.
• A self-motivated, resilient individual who thrives on achieving results.
• Full UK driving licence and eligibility to work in the UK.

In return for joining Field Sales Solutions, we offer a competitive and rewarding package:

• £28,700 salary pro rata
• Up to 15% performance-related bonus
• Company car & fuel card
• Clear career development opportunities
• Incentive programmes, including retailer discount schemes
• Health, wellbeing and financial guidance support
• Holiday accrual linked to length of service

At Field Sales Solutions, our values guide everything we do:

• Partnership – Transparent, collaborative and focused on shared success
• Return – Driving activity that delivers a positive ROI
• Ownership – Accountable, purposeful and proactive
• Upstanding – Honest, ethical and professional
• Determined – Resilient, focused and driven to succeed

We are PROUD to be Field Sales Solutions.