Role: Category Manager - Office Business
Location: Remote, UK based
We offer Choice based working that gives you the opportunity to work from a UK location of your choice. We also offer various Konica Minolta offices and Regus office spaces across the UK. You may be required to travel to a customer at the needs of the business.
Package: £45,000 - £65,000 DOE plus a discretionary 15% bonus
- 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to purchase more days if needed
- An extra paid day off to focus on your mental health
- An extra paid day off to dedicate to volunteer projects
- Access to training and development opportunities, along with license with award winning learning content provider.
- Enhanced family leave
- Life assurance options
- A generous pension plan, invest your contributions to maximise your pension pot
- Discounts on activities, technology and restaurants
- An independent employee assistance programme for all employees and their immediate family, giving 24/7 access to experts in health & wellbeing
We are seeking a Category Manager to join our team at Konica Minolta!
As a Category Manager for the Office Business at Konica Minolta, you will play a pivotal role in driving and supporting the delivery of the UK's sales, financial and unit targets for our class leading range of office print & scan products and services. Your primary responsibility will be to proactively capture and analyse market trends, stakeholder insight and business performances to inform decision making and action planning. You will investigate, propose and follow through tactical and strategic category initiatives, including Go-To-Market (GTM) and portfolio optimisations as well as sales enablement initiatives such as training, sales tools & pricing or promos to achieve category and business unit KPI's.
What you can expect from our hiring process?
Stage 1
📲 Screening call with a member of our Talent Acquisition team and a chance to get to know you better.
Stage 2
📲Telephone interview with the hiring manager.
Stage 3
💻 Teams interview including presentation from you and competency based questions from the panel of key stakeholders.
Stage 4
👏Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to make an offer and should you accept, our HR-operations team will take care of you from there on.
We would love to hear from people who:
- Have experience as a Category Manager or Product Manager within the industry including a deep understanding of the Office MFP and printer market
- Work analytically with a strategic mindset in order to create long term strategies based on market tendencies
- Actively engage and particitpate from start to finish of the strategy
- Naturally communicates and negotiates with all levels of stakeholders to create and maintain positive relationships with both suppliers and colleagues
- Possess financial acumen by understanding cost structures, pricing strategies, and profitability metrics in order to manage budgets and identify opportunities for improvement
- Enjoys working in a fast paced organisation with cross-functional collaboration
- Have great decision-making skills alongside exceptional ethical judgement to ensure maintaining of the company's reputation and values
If you have worked in a Category Manager role before you will know that each day can look quite different. Take a look at our role profile (at the bottom of the page) for a deep dive into what your "day to day" might look like in this role.
Don't meet every single requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people from ethnic minorities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Konica Minolta we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for us!
We are an equal opportunities employer. Please let us know on your application or email us at recruitment@konicaminolta.co.uk if there's any adjustments, we can make that would be helpful for you.
Additionally, we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements and job-sharing opportunities. If you are interested in this great opportunity, we encourage you to apply today or reach out for a confidential discussion. We look forward to hearing from you!
ESG initiatives at Konica Minolta
As a global company with more than 39,000 employees in 150 countries, Konica Minolta takes its environmental, social and governance responsibilities seriously. We aim to be a robust and innovative company that keep evolving and contribute to the sustainable growth of society and individuals, and we use an ESG framework to navigate our efforts and obligations.
Take a look at our sustainable development goals here https://www.konicaminolta.co.uk/en-gb/corporate-information/esg
Please note, if we receive sufficient interest in this role we reserve the right to close the vacancy early, so if you're interested in the role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on the opportunity.
