About The Role
About The Role
At GSF Car Parts, our Product team plays a crucial part in the development of our product offering, separated into various categories. As a Support Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that category and business objectives are achieved for this area, reporting to the Product Manager.
For the right individual, this role offers a career in a multi-site, national organisation, providing opportunities for personal growth and development. We pride ourselves on a culture that encourages our people to work together and develop relationships that help us all succeed.
With our aim to be a flexible employer, this role offers hybrid office and home working.
Main Duties include:
Working with the Product Manager and Head of Category to develop and define brand strategies within each category, considering market size, suppliers, competition, market share, growth, and trends to increase sales, profit, and/or market share, ensuring our product offer and buying terms are optimised. Effectively managing the life cycle of categories and ensuring the stocking profiling programme is relevant for the needs of the business, liaising with supply chain and procurement to ensure effective category stock holdings. Developing offers for sale from various sources and brands, managing system linking and alternative sources, positioning products within various quality and brand tier levels. Reviewing lost sales and conversion data to support the development of the core product offer. Consolidating the product offer where required to support improved pricing, availability, or overall commercial offer. Working with the pricing team to ensure category pricing is positioned correctly for the market while maximising the volume vs revenue mix, and liaising with the catalogue teams to ensure market-leading cataloguing information is available. Supporting Ecommerce Channel Growth, online sales, and driving various online marketing initiatives. Assisting marketing and divisional leads in designing and implementing compelling category & product information and promotional campaigns to drive categories. Working with the Procurement team to identify the best sources for products and brands within the categories to achieve group objectives in terms of sales and margin. Engaging with branches to understand business and market requirements to assist with development and growth within a product group. Working Hours:
40 hours per week - Monday to Friday About You About You The successful candidate will have experience in commercial procurement and/or marketing, ideally within the automotive aftermarket or FMCG environment.
What you'll need to succeed:
Knowledge of product management Experience in developing channel management and running product promotions Excellent data management skills Experience with Microsoft Office, especially advanced Excel Experience with MAM or similar would be advantageous Experience using data to analyse and interpret business requirements Strong communication skills Influencing, negotiating, and persuasive skills Ability to act on own initiative About Us What We'll Offer: 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays Online employee discount scheme including big discounts to local cinemas, theme park attractions, major retailers, and much more Healthcare cash plan Company pension Group Life Assurance Internal Development Programmes Career progression opportunities About Us GSF Car Parts is one of the UK’s leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment, and specialist training. The group has over 175 branches nationwide and a turnover exceeding £475 million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities acquired over several years, we have traded as one brand since November 2021. Our branch network is bolstered by centralised support and expertise from specialist departments in key areas such as procurement and supply chain, marketing, and national accounts. The business also benefits from integrated IT systems, which include our industry-leading catalogue system, Allicat, and access to the Group's national garage programme, Servicesure. #INDGSF #J-18808-Ljbffr
With our aim to be a flexible employer, this role offers hybrid office and home working.
Main Duties include:
Working with the Product Manager and Head of Category to develop and define brand strategies within each category, considering market size, suppliers, competition, market share, growth, and trends to increase sales, profit, and/or market share, ensuring our product offer and buying terms are optimised. Effectively managing the life cycle of categories and ensuring the stocking profiling programme is relevant for the needs of the business, liaising with supply chain and procurement to ensure effective category stock holdings. Developing offers for sale from various sources and brands, managing system linking and alternative sources, positioning products within various quality and brand tier levels. Reviewing lost sales and conversion data to support the development of the core product offer. Consolidating the product offer where required to support improved pricing, availability, or overall commercial offer. Working with the pricing team to ensure category pricing is positioned correctly for the market while maximising the volume vs revenue mix, and liaising with the catalogue teams to ensure market-leading cataloguing information is available. Supporting Ecommerce Channel Growth, online sales, and driving various online marketing initiatives. Assisting marketing and divisional leads in designing and implementing compelling category & product information and promotional campaigns to drive categories. Working with the Procurement team to identify the best sources for products and brands within the categories to achieve group objectives in terms of sales and margin. Engaging with branches to understand business and market requirements to assist with development and growth within a product group. Working Hours:
40 hours per week - Monday to Friday About You About You The successful candidate will have experience in commercial procurement and/or marketing, ideally within the automotive aftermarket or FMCG environment.
What you'll need to succeed:
Knowledge of product management Experience in developing channel management and running product promotions Excellent data management skills Experience with Microsoft Office, especially advanced Excel Experience with MAM or similar would be advantageous Experience using data to analyse and interpret business requirements Strong communication skills Influencing, negotiating, and persuasive skills Ability to act on own initiative About Us What We'll Offer: 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays Online employee discount scheme including big discounts to local cinemas, theme park attractions, major retailers, and much more Healthcare cash plan Company pension Group Life Assurance Internal Development Programmes Career progression opportunities About Us GSF Car Parts is one of the UK’s leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment, and specialist training. The group has over 175 branches nationwide and a turnover exceeding £475 million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities acquired over several years, we have traded as one brand since November 2021. Our branch network is bolstered by centralised support and expertise from specialist departments in key areas such as procurement and supply chain, marketing, and national accounts. The business also benefits from integrated IT systems, which include our industry-leading catalogue system, Allicat, and access to the Group's national garage programme, Servicesure. #INDGSF #J-18808-Ljbffr
