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Assistant Category Development Manager

United Kingdom, Nottingham · Job Posted February 14, 2026
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Job Description

We have exciting opportunity to join our Wellness Category team as Assistant Category Development Manager. Wellness is the fastest growing category in the business, in the last year launching over 70 brands into wellness with more to come as we continue to grow the wellness business further. Reporting into Category Manager.

Job Responsibility

  • Work side‑by‑side with our Category Development Manager to bring the hottest, most exciting wellness brands to market
  • Play a key role in spotting emerging trends, shaping brand launches, and helping us create a standout, future‑focused wellness destination for our customers

Requirements

  • Passionate about the wellness space, with curiosity for new brands, trends, and emerging customer needs
  • Resilient, tenacious, and excited by pace, change, and challenge
  • Proven ability to work effectively with suppliers, commercial teams, brand, marketing, digital, and operations
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise, problem‑solve, and keep multiple workstreams moving at speed

What we offer

  • 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
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