{"data":{"id":200330,"slug":"kategorichef-till-mestergruppen-2","type":"job","title":"Category Manager at Mestergruppen","description":"Are you interested in a strategic role with significant responsibility in the building materials trade? As a Category Manager at Mestergruppen, you'll become part of a dynamic and growing organization where you get to influence strategic decisions and contribute to continued growth. This role suits you if you're analytical and enjoy transforming data and market insights into business decisions. You'll work in an entrepreneurial culture with a fast pace, close to colleagues, members, and suppliers, and help develop both the business and operations.\nAbout the Position\nThis is a direct recruitment, which means the recruitment process takes place through Bravura and you'll be employed directly by Mestergruppen.\nAbout the Company\nMestergruppen Sverige is an association of independent entrepreneurs. Under their umbrella are well-known chains such as XL-BYGG, BOLIST, Happy Homes, Colorama, and Mal Proff AB. Together, they are market leaders in building materials retail in Sweden, with around 275 stores throughout the country. In addition, the business includes approximately 175 paint specialty retail stores, making them one of Sweden's largest players with an extensive store network. Mestergruppen is a values-driven organization, and their shared values\u2014reliable, efficient, action-oriented, and team players\u2014are central to everything they do.\nTheir service office in Solna consists of approximately 90 dedicated employees and offers support in areas such as procurement, master data, marketing, e-commerce, finance, logistics, business systems, and store development and establishment. As a support function to their members and partners, they have an important mission: to provide products, services, and expertise that enable the stores in their chains to be profitable, efficient, and successful. The Mestergruppen Sverige service office is part of the Mestergruppen Group, with headquarters in Oslo, and they strongly believe in the power of a group-wide approach.\nMestergruppen has modern facilities at the top of Solna Gate with a gym, sports hall, and restaurant in the building.\nResponsibilities\nAs a Category Manager, you'll be a central part of Mestergruppen's procurement department, with strategic responsibility for assortment, supplier relationships, and profitability within the categories of power tools, work clothes, flooring, and adhesives and grout. You'll combine strategic work with procurement, negotiations, and category development with operational tasks such as implementation in the store network and monitoring of procurement statistics and results. The role requires strong business acumen, very good analytical ability, and strong negotiation skills. You have a keen interest in building materials and construction, and good market understanding is an advantage.\nYou'll work closely with chains, members, suppliers, and internal support functions such as master data, marketing, sustainability, and sales, and contribute to ensuring that new products and solutions reach the members. The role involves no personnel management responsibility, but you'll have significant authority to drive change, improvements, and development within your categories. Onboarding and areas of responsibility will be adapted based on your background and experience.\nExamples of Work Tasks:\n\nManage assortment, purchase prices, and supplier agreements within your categories\n\n\nConduct procurements and drive category development\n\n\nDevelop category and assortment plans based on market needs\n\n\nNegotiate and develop supplier collaborations\n\n\nCollaborate with members, marketing, and other internal support functions\n\n\nMonitor procurement statistics, profitability, and results\n\nEducation, Experience, and Personal Qualities\n\u2022 At least three years of experience from an analytical role\n\u2022 Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written\n\u2022 Very good Excel skills\n\u2022 Experience from the building industry is strongly advantageous. Experience from, for example, building materials retail, wholesale operations, or retail is seen as an advantage\n\u2022 Master's degree in, for example, industrial economics, economics, procurement, or another relevant field is advantageous\nAs a Category Manager, you thrive in a dynamic and changing environment where you have significant responsibility and the opportunity to make an impact. You are self-driven, resourceful, and confident in making your own decisions, while at the same time collaborating closely with colleagues, members, and suppliers. With strong analytical ability, a structured approach, and clear results focus, you make well-founded business decisions. You have the ability to see both the details and the big picture in your work. You see changes and challenges as opportunities to contribute and develop, and you enjoy driving improvements that strengthen the business.\nOther Information\nStart: By agreement Location: Solna with opportunity for hybrid work Salary: By agreement\nWe use a competency-based methodology in all recruitment processes to ensure unbiased selection. We also use continuous selection, which means we remove the ad when enough candidates have applied. If you become relevant for the position, we will contact you for an initial phone interview. Regardless of whether you proceed in the process or not, you will receive feedback on your application.\nDo you have any questions? Feel free to reach out!\n\ud83d\udce7 info@bravura.se\n\ud83d\udcde 010-171 47 10\nWe recommend that you submit your application immediately as we conduct continuous selection.\nWelcome with your application!\n#Specialist","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Kategorichef till Mestergruppen","description_original":"\u00c4r du intresserad av en strategisk roll med stort ansvar inom byggmaterialhandeln? Som kategorichef hos Mestergruppen blir du en del av en dynamisk och v\u00e4xande organisation d\u00e4r du f\u00e5r p\u00e5verka strategiska beslut och bidra till fortsatt tillv\u00e4xt. Rollen passar dig som \u00e4r analytisk och trivs med att omvandla data och marknadsinsikter till aff\u00e4rsm\u00e4ssiga beslut. Du f\u00e5r arbeta i en entrepren\u00f6riell kultur med h\u00f6gt tempo, n\u00e4ra kollegor, medlemmar och leverant\u00f6rer, och vara med och utveckla b\u00e5de aff\u00e4rerna och verksamheten fram\u00e5t.\nOm tj\u00e4nsten\nDen h\u00e4r tj\u00e4nsten \u00e4r en direktrekrytering vilket inneb\u00e4r att rekryteringsprocessen sker genom Bravura och du anst\u00e4lls direkt hos Mestergruppen.\nOm f\u00f6retaget\nMestergruppen Sverige \u00e4r en sammanslutning av fria f\u00f6retagare. Under deras paraply finns v\u00e4lk\u00e4nda kedjor som XL-BYGG, BOLIST, Happy Homes, Colorama och Mal Proff AB. Tillsammans \u00e4r de marknadsledande inom byggmaterialhandeln i Sverige, med omkring 275 butiker runt om i landet. Ut\u00f6ver det omfattar verksamheten cirka 175 f\u00e4rgfackhandelsbutiker, vilket g\u00f6r dem till en av Sveriges st\u00f6rsta akt\u00f6rer med ett omfattande butiksn\u00e4t. Mestergruppen \u00e4r en v\u00e4rderingsstyrd organisation och deras gemensamma v\u00e4rderingar p\u00e5litliga, effektiva, handlingskraftiga och lagspelare \u00e4r centrala i allt de g\u00f6r.\nDeras servicekontor i Solna best\u00e5r av cirka 90 engagerade medarbetare och erbjuder st\u00f6d inom bland annat ink\u00f6p, masterdata, marknadsf\u00f6ring, e-handel, ekonomi, logistik, aff\u00e4rssystem samt butiksutveckling och etablering. Som st\u00f6dfunktion till sina medlemmar och del\u00e4gare har de ett viktigt uppdrag: att tillhandah\u00e5lla produkter, tj\u00e4nster och kompetens som g\u00f6r det m\u00f6jligt f\u00f6r butikerna i deras kedjor att vara l\u00f6nsamma, effektiva och framg\u00e5ngsrika. Servicekontoret Mestergruppen Sverige \u00e4r en del av Mestergruppen-koncernen, med huvudkontor i Oslo, och de tror starkt p\u00e5 kraften i ett koncerngemensamt arbetss\u00e4tt.\nMestergruppen har moderna lokaler h\u00f6gst upp i Solna Gate med gym, idrottshall och restaurang i huset.\nArbetsuppgifter\nSom kategorichef blir du en central del av Mestergruppens ink\u00f6psavdelning, med strategiskt ansvar f\u00f6r sortiment, leverant\u00f6rsrelationer och l\u00f6nsamhet inom kategorierna elverktyg, arbetskl\u00e4der, golv samt lim och fog. Du kombinerar strategiskt arbete med upphandlingar, f\u00f6rhandlingar och kategoriutveckling med operativa uppgifter som implementering i butiksn\u00e4tet och uppf\u00f6ljning av ink\u00f6psstatistik och resultat. Rollen kr\u00e4ver ett starkt aff\u00e4rsmannaskap, en mycket god analytisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och en stark f\u00f6rhandlingsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga. Du har ett stort intresse f\u00f6r byggvaror och husbyggnation, och en god marknadsf\u00f6rst\u00e5else \u00e4r meriterande.\nDu samarbetar n\u00e4ra kedjor, medlemmar, leverant\u00f6rer och interna st\u00f6dfunktioner som masterdata, marknad, h\u00e5llbarhet och f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljning, och bidrar till att s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla att nya produkter och l\u00f6sningar n\u00e5r ut till medlemmarna. Tj\u00e4nsten inneb\u00e4r inget personalansvar, men du f\u00e5r stort mandat att driva f\u00f6r\u00e4ndring, f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttringar och utveckling inom dina kategorier. Introduktion och ansvarsomr\u00e5den kommer anpassas efter din bakgrund och erfarenhet.\nExempel p\u00e5 arbetsuppgifter:\n\nAnsvara f\u00f6r sortiment, ink\u00f6pspriser och leverant\u00f6rsavtal inom dina kategorier\n\n\nGenomf\u00f6ra upphandlingar och driva kategoriutveckling\n\n\nTa fram kategori- och sortimentsplaner utifr\u00e5n marknadens behov\n\n\nF\u00f6rhandla och utveckla leverant\u00f6rssamarbeten\n\n\nSamarbeta med medlemmar, marknad och andra interna st\u00f6dfunktioner\n\n\nF\u00f6lja upp ink\u00f6psstatistik, l\u00f6nsamhet och resultat\n\nUtbildning, erfarenhet och personliga egenskaper\n\u2022 Minst tre \u00e5rs erfarenhet fr\u00e5n en analytisk roll\n\u2022 Goda kunskaper i svenska och engelska, s\u00e5v\u00e4l tal som skrift\n\u2022 Mycket goda kunskaper i Excel\n\u2022 Erfarenhet fr\u00e5n byggbranschen \u00e4r starkt meriterande. Erfarenhet fr\u00e5n exempelvis byggvaruhandel, grossistverksamhet eller detaljhandel ses som en f\u00f6rdel\n\u2022 Masterexamen inom exempelvis industriell ekonomi, ekonomi, ink\u00f6p eller annat relevant omr\u00e5de \u00e4r meriterande\nSom kategorichef trivs du i en dynamisk och f\u00f6r\u00e4nderlig milj\u00f6 d\u00e4r du f\u00e5r stort ansvar och m\u00f6jlighet att p\u00e5verka. Du \u00e4r sj\u00e4lvg\u00e5ende, initiativrik och trygg med att ta egna beslut, samtidigt som du samarbetar n\u00e4ra kollegor, medlemmar och leverant\u00f6rer. Med en stark analytisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga, ett strukturerat arbetss\u00e4tt och ett tydligt resultatfokus fattar du v\u00e4lgrundade aff\u00e4rsm\u00e4ssiga beslut. Du har f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att b\u00e5de se detaljer och helheten i arbetet. F\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar och utmaningar ser du som m\u00f6jligheter att bidra och utvecklas, och du trivs med att driva f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttringar som st\u00e4rker verksamheten\n\u00d6vrig information\nStart: Enligt \u00f6verenskommelse Plats: Solna med m\u00f6jlighet till hybridarbete L\u00f6n: Enligt \u00f6verenskommelse\nVi anv\u00e4nder en kompetensbaserad metodik i alla rekryteringsprocesser f\u00f6r att s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla f\u00f6rdomsfria urval. Vi jobbar ocks\u00e5 med l\u00f6pande urval, vilket inneb\u00e4r att vi tar ner annonsen n\u00e4r tillr\u00e4ckligt m\u00e5nga kandidater har ans\u00f6kt. Om du blir aktuell f\u00f6r tj\u00e4nsten kommer vi att kontakta dig f\u00f6r en f\u00f6rsta telefonintervju. Oavsett om du g\u00e5r vidare i processen eller inte s\u00e5 kommer du att f\u00e5 \u00e5terkoppling p\u00e5 din ans\u00f6kan.\nHar du fr\u00e5gor? H\u00f6r g\u00e4rna av dig!\n\ud83d\udce7 info@bravura.se\n\ud83d\udcde 010-171 47 10\nVi rekommenderar att du skickar in din ans\u00f6kan omg\u00e5ende d\u00e5 vi g\u00f6r ett l\u00f6pande urval.\nV\u00e4lkommen med din ans\u00f6kan! \n#Specialist","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Hornsbruksgatan 28","full_address":null,"city":"Stockholm","country":"SE","latitude":59.316110882079,"longitude":18.034424244222},"metadata":{"region":"Stockholms l\u00e4n","duration":"Tills vidare","employer":"Bravura Sverige AB","postcode":"11734","positions":1,"profession":"Kategorichef\/Kategoriansvarig","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/ledigajobb.bravura.se","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"F\u00f6rs\u00e4ljning, ink\u00f6p, marknadsf\u00f6ring","employer_workplace":"Bravura","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":6,"bot_views_count":0,"ai_vendor_counts":{"other":2,"openai":1,"anthropic":3},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":"010-171 47 10","owner_email":"info@bravura.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-08T11:22:17+00:00","expires_at":"2027-03-07T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-09T03:23:14+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-19T03:14:52+00:00"}}