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Your contributions will directly impact our promotional campaigns and pricing strategies, ensuring we deliver a competitive and customer-led range in-store. Collaborating with various teams, you'll help drive sales and enhance our brand's presence in the Nutrition category.\nKey responsibilities\nContribute to the delivery of customer promotions by setting up campaign offers on the Boots SAP system.\nCollaborate with marketing and pricing teams to ensure accurate setup of promotions.\nConfirm promotional funding with suppliers and maintain a tracker for invoicing.\nCheck invoice calculations and coordinate with the Trading Process team for accuracy.\nAssist the assistant category manager in reviewing competitor pricing activity.\nSupport the stores help desk and customer care team with category-related queries.\nRun sales reports and analyse data for the team and suppliers.\nRaise Purchase Orders for marketing and merchandising activities.\nWhat you'll need to have (our must-haves)\nProficiency in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.\nIn-depth understanding of SAP programmes.\nStrong communication skills, both face-to-face and via Teams or email.\nAbility to develop knowledge of category strategy, performance, and range.\nIt would be great if you also have\nExperience in data analysis and reporting.\nFamiliarity with promotional campaign management.\nKnowledge of the nutrition market.\nA proactive approach to problem-solving.\nWhere your brilliance can take you\nAt Boots, your role as a Category Assistant opens doors to various career pathways within other category units. With opportunities for mentorship and professional development, you can grow into roles such as Category Manager or even explore other areas within the company. Your contributions will not only enhance your skills but also play a crucial part in shaping the future of our various categories.\nRewards designed for you\nBoots Retirement Savings Plan\nDiscretionary annual bonus\nGenerous employee discounts\nEnhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child\nFlexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.\nAccess to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.\nThere’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/rewards. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only. Please note that any salary estimates provided on third-party sites are not endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.A bit about us\nAt Boots, 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.\nWhat’s next?\nIf 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. 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