The Company: We are looking for a highly organised, commercially focused Assistant Category Manager to support the delivery and development of a successful product category. Working closely with the wider buying, merchandising, design and supply teams, you will play a key role in range building, product development, pricing, critical path management and trade activity. Supporting the Category Manager to deliver a pipeline of new products for customer selection. maintaining required administration accurately and completely. The role requires strong attention to detail, commercial awareness and the ability to manage multiple product ranges, suppliers, price points and deadlines simultaneously. Benefits: Hybrid working - 3 days in the office a week. Responsibilities Support the Category Manager and Buying team with range building Manage and maintain Range Plans, ensuring product, pricing, supplier and critical path information is accurate and up to date. Support the development of ranges working with both UK and FOB suppliers. Brief Designers and other relevant teams on product and packaging requirements. Manage development range plans, tracking multiple price points, product developments and key milestones. Coordinate development samples, ensuring samples are received, reviewed and managed through to final sign-off. Conduct regular competitive shopping and benchmarking (comp shops) to understand competitor pricing, product offers and market activity. Complete frequent ..... full job details .....