Category Assistant – Personal Care & Seasonal, ROI

Contract: 12 months FTC

Shift pattern: Full time on site, Nottingham

Salary: Competitive

Recruitment Partner: Joanne.Walker2@boots.com

Are you ready to make a difference? Join us at Boots as a Category Assistant – Personal Care & Seasonal in Nottingham, Beeston!

At Boots, we’re committed to building a brilliant environment for our people, empowering you to deliver exceptional care, confidence, and connection to our customers and colleagues every day.

Welcome to the Boots ROI team – an exciting team at the heart of the Boots Ireland trading function. As customers are changing, so are we! We’re focusing on really understanding our customers’ needs through insights and trends, which support us to deliver the most comprehensive Sun, Mens, Hair, Toiletries, Luxury Bathing and Seasonal offering in the Irish market, under one roof.

What you’ll be doing

In this fast-paced role, you will support the Category Manager & team in delivering our annual budget. You’ll work closely with both the Irish and UK Trading teams to ensure we meet our business priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting the sales plan for the category and enhancing the customer journey through setting up promotions.

• Providing exceptional communication and problem-solving support to our stores.

• Building strong relationships with UK counterparts.

• Setting up new items in order to land NPD into the business.

• Working with other teams such as Marketing & Pricing to ensure set ups are right first time.

• Confirm promotional funding with suppliers ensuring this is logged correctly on a tracker so it can be invoiced.

What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)

• Strong organisational skills to help manage multiple big brands across various subcategories.

• Strong Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).

• Exceptional communication skills, ensuring accuracy and a “right first time” mentality.

• Strong presentation skills and ability to delve into reporting requirements.

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience analysing and reporting data.

• A passion for retail and a focus on career development within the trading function.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan (up to 6% company contribution)

• Generous employee discounts for you and a family member

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

There’s lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts – there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more at http://boots.jobs/ireland. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only. Please note that any salary estimates provided on third-party sites are not endorsed by Boots Ireland and may not be accurate.

A bit about us At Boots Ireland, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported, and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

What’s next? If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

We hope to hear from you soon. Be brilliant with Boots.