Category Assistant

We're Sally Europe, the biggest supplier in Europe for hair and beauty professionals. We bring together the following market-leading professional brands; Sally, Salon Services, Pro Duo, Salon Success and Sinelco, and we operate across 7 European countries.

Our mission is to be the preferred partner for professionals across Europe, but we are not stopping there. We care about making a difference to our employees and customers and getting it right each time. Our people throughout have a forward-thinking ethos, teams are always striving to inspire others, and we continue to deliver new and innovative solutions that leave that lasting impression.

“At Sally, we find beauty in you. Finding beauty in diversity is in our DNA because our differences are what make us beautiful. Our diversity, inclusivity, and self-expression are what fuel our innovation and growth. In our company, we come together to create a culture for ONE & ALL.”
We are looking for a Category Administrative Assistant, based at our office in Ghent, Belgium.

About the role …
To provide exceptional support to the Category Management team on the day to day management of all data input into the systems and category support for Sally Europe, setting up new sku's, price changes, lifecycle management, channel selection, range assortment management.

Key Responsibilities …

• Work proactively and cross functionally with internal departments and stores
• New lines - Chase & complete all new line forms from suppliers and create new line on system
• Price Changes – maintain all cost and selling price changes
• Samples - chase in samples and images for new lines – assisting Category Managers with visual merchandising requirements and range reviews
• Liaise with Category Managers and Supply Chain to work to product launch critical paths
• Communication - Working collaboratively with the data management team at Produo, in Belguim, to regularly communicate updates and information on product set up.
• Markdowns - responsible for implementing all price markdowns, working closely with Category Manager
• Invoicing - assist with reviewing and managing invoice queries
• Stock - liaise with Regulatory & Supply Chain for product authorisation or stock movement requests
• Administration – assist Category Manager to provide data for meetings, promotional information and continually seek to identify opportunities to develop the administration processes & systems

About you …

• Retail / Buying / Category administration experience in head office environment or similar
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, confident delivering against deadlines and prioritising workload
• Able to review and manage high volumes of data accurately
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Willingness to solve problems - getting to root cause
• Excellent relationship builder, experienced at working across all levels in an organisation
• Evidence of a passion for delivering exceptional customer service
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate at all levels
• Passion to gain experience in a Commercial Retail Buying environment

• meal vouchers
• hospitalization insurance
• group insurance
• mobile phone subscription
• 25% discount in the pro duo stores on selection of products

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