Roper Rhodes Hiring for Category Manager Job at Bath, England Full Time

Job description

CATEGORY MANAGER (Product Development Manager)

The Role

We are looking for an experienced and technically capable Product Designer to co-manage our bathroom furniture category. This person will oversee all aspects of the product development process from idea generation through to production.

Our Market & Organisation

Roper Rhodes are a supplier of bathroom products with an excellent reputation. Our turnover currently runs at around £70m and continues to grow. We are leaders in the bathroom furniture market and have a share of around 6% of the total UK bathroom market.

We have circa 190 employees based across our Bath office / Bristol warehouse.

Our customers include major national retailers, national / regional builder’s merchants and a nationwide network of independent bathroom retailers.

Our products are manufactured to our own in-house designs and specifications from sources all over the world.

We have a portfolio of three in-house brands as follows,

· Roper Rhodes – roperrhodes.co.uk

· Tavistock – tavistock-bathrooms.co.uk

· R2 – r2bathrooms.co.uk

In addition to this we also produce bathroom products for a number of retailers under their own label programmes.

Marketing Department Structure

The Roper Rhodes marketing department is headed by the Marketing Director and comprises two teams working closely together.

Product Development Team

· Senior Product Manager

· 4 x Category Managers (Product Development Managers)

· 4 x Product Designers

· 3 x Product Development Assistants

· Technical Manager

· 3 x QC Engineers (based overseas)

Marketing Communications Team

· Marketing Communications Manager

· Visual Content Manager

· Digital Marketing Executive

· Studio Manager

· 3 x Graphic Designers

The Applicant

The successful applicant will have a good standard degree in product / industrial design. We operate latest versions of SolidWorks and will require either a good understanding of this or compatible software.

More than 5 years product development experience.

Either currently or previously employed in an appropriately related industry. Experience in or at the very least a strong interest in furniture design is crucial.

A good understanding of relevant manufacturing processes and materials.

A flair for and interest in the design of consumer products.

Our suppliers are based mostly in Europe and the Far East. The position will require some overseas travel in visiting these suppliers and appropriate exhibitions. Prior experience of dealing with overseas manufacturing is important.

Hands-on approach to product development with good practical skills.

Excellent project management skills.

A confident presenter.

Salary and benefits

Salary guide is £35-45k p.a dependent on experience.

In addition to this we have a company profit related bonus scheme, which based upon current estimates will add a further £3k p.a. This is paid in two six monthly installments.

There is also a company 8% no-contributory pension scheme. We also offer to match (up to a limit of 3% of salary) any contribution that the employee chooses to make, thereby providing a total company contribution of 11%.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bike to work scheme
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Profit sharing
• Sick pay
• Wellness programmes

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

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