Category Assistant Placement

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Category Assistant Placement

Are you looking for an opportunity with a leading global business? If the answer is YES, BSH are recruiting for Category Assistant Intern to join the team.

At BSH, we improve quality of life across the globe with our innovative home appliances, exceptional brands, and superior solutions. We are very proud of our history and what makes us the company we are today, we also have huge ambitions for the future and want to continue our growth and innovation to remain at the leading edge of our industry. Most important, however, are the people who make up BSH. Our dedicated employees live and breathe collaboration; they inspire and learn from each other. We are looking for people who share this passion, enthusiasm and collaborative approach to join our team. You will be entitled to a highly competitive basic salary and a great range of benefits including:

• Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to BSH reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays etc.
• Training and development opportunities

What are we looking for?

As the successful Category Assistant Intern, you will support BSH Category Managers and work with other departments towards implementing the BSH strategy, and achieving Corporate Goals and Business Plan targets.

Key tasks are to support the Category Management teams work schedule according to business strategy, plan and brand objectives. This will include:

• Maintaining all relevant product information systems, e.g. eTeam / Censhare in line with business demands and/or advised by Category
• Preparation, creation, review and presentation of information:
  • Technical Information
  • Product features and benefits
  • Competitor information and comparisons
  • Market information
  • Sales benchmarking
  • Sales performance information
  • Gap / opportunity analysis
• Coordination of all forms of product information requested by the business, i.e. specification sheets and set-up sheets for Key Accounts.
• Fulfilling all relevant tasks to provide other departments and third parties with necessary and accurate product information. Develop and maintain adequate level of communication
• Assist with coordination of phase in / phase out and rationalisation activities.
• To deputise for Category Manager when asked and thought appropriate at sales meetings /presentations.
• To develop relationships with relevant Head Office Product Teams to ensure continuity of information flow
• Organise own work schedule according to the agreed time frames

Who are we looking for?

The Successful candidate will be driven, enthusiastic and able to demonstrate their interest in this role. You will also:

• Be commercially focused, with the ability to initiate and drive forward ideas
• Have the ability to thrive under pressure, to maintain excellent attention to detail and meet strict deadlines
• Have excellent time management and organisation skills
• Be a team player with communication skills at all levels
• Have very good knowledge of MS-Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Be studying a Business related degree, with an expected overall grade 2:1
• Previously had employment either paid or volunteered

If you share our values and have the drive and enthusiasm to help us fulfil our vision of significant growth, we would like to meet you. Please click APPLY now to register your interest in the role of Category Assistant Intern.

About BSH

BSH Home Appliances Ltd is a subsidiary company of BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, the largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe and one of the leading companies in the sector worldwide. The group was founded in 1967 and since the beginning of 2015 BSH exclusively belongs to the Bosch Group, headquartered in Munich.

BSH Home Appliances Ltd offers a complete range of kitchen appliances from cooking, refrigeration, laundry and dishwashers through to small kitchen appliances, vacuum cleaners and home comforts from four brands, Bosch, Siemens, Neff and Gaggenau. We are responsible for all sales and marketing activities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Our headquarters are based in Milton Keynes, with a state of the art warehouse. Our new Central Customer Hub (CCH) is located in Corby, having the largest footprint of any warehouse to be built in the UK in the past five years. Not forgetting the prestigious Gaggenau showroom in the heart of London, as well as an office in Dublin.

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