Specialist

286491BR

Assistant Category Manager - Haircare

Nottingham, Nottingham Support Office

Secondment

Full-time

Job Description

Contract: 12 Mths FTC/Secondment

Location: Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

What you'll be doing

Join Boots' Haircare Category team in Nottingham in a role where your work will directly shape the performance of one of the fastest-growing categories in the business. As Assistant Category Manager, you'll take ownership of the day-to-day trading performance of key haircare brands and categories, helping to turn insight into clear commercial action.

Reporting to the Category Manager, you'll build momentum through bold annual plans and deliver them with pace, accuracy and ambition. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys commercial ownership, thrives in an on-site team environment, and wants to play a visible part in growing Boots' haircare business further through new launches and category development.

Key responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day performance of key brands and categories within Haircare.
• Help drive momentum across the category by identifying opportunities to unlock growth.
• Build bold, insight-led annual plans that support sales, profit and market share growth.
• Execute category plans with pace, accuracy and ambition.
• Use commercial and category insight to understand what is driving performance and where action is needed.
• Monitor performance closely and turn data into practical trading actions.
• Work closely with the Category Manager to support delivery of team and business priorities.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external brand partners.
• Influence effectively across teams to keep plans moving and deliver results.
• Support the continued growth of the Haircare category as new brands launch and the area expands further.

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

• Commercial and category expertise, with a sharp eye for what drives performance.
• Strong understanding of the levers that improve sales, profit and market share.
• Ability to build bold, insight-led plans and translate them into action.
• Confidence using data and performance insight to make sound commercial decisions.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to deliver results across different teams.
• Relevant commercial or category experience in beauty, personal care, FMCG or a related retail environment.

It would be great if you also have

• A genuine passion for Haircare and Beauty.
• Experience in a fast-moving category or trading environment.
• Exposure to working with brand launches or category growth plans.
• Broader understanding of beauty or personal care customer trends.
• Energy for the opportunity and challenges that come with growing a developing category.

Where your brilliance can take you

This role offers the chance to build your category career in a high-growth area of Boots, with real exposure to performance ownership, annual planning and cross-functional influence. You'll deepen your commercial capability, strengthen your stakeholder management skills and gain hands-on experience in a category with strong momentum and new brand activity. For someone ready to grow, it's a strong step towards broader category leadership within Boots, backed by a team culture built on support, progress and opportunity.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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/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

At 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.

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.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Be brilliant with Boots.

Business Area

Support Office

Function

Buying & Merchandising

Keywords

assistant, category, manager

Hours per week

37.5

Latitude,longitude 1

52.927182,-1.183948

Airport

No

Company

Non Stores

Division

Non Stores

Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?

No

Region

East Midlands

Area

East Midlands (non stores)

Store

Nottingham Support Office

Req Posted Date

29-Oct-2026

County

Nottinghamshire

Country

UK

Address 1

Recruitment Service Centre (D94)

Address 2

Thane Road

Address 3

Nottingham

Post Code

NG90 1BS

Source

Boots