Group Category Manager - Marketing

Group Category Manager – Marketing – Kingfisher plc

We’re Kingfisher, a team of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher and our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. We aim to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. Our purpose is simple:
Better Homes, Better Lives, For everyone.

We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer a blend of working from home and our offices in London, Southampton, Lille and Paris.

As a Group Category Manager for Marketing, you’ll help deliver by driving sustainable value across our marketing spend. You’ll lead pan‑European category strategies that enable innovation, efficiency and responsible sourcing – ensuring our banners have the tools to inspire customers and create better homes.

• Build strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders across all Kingfisher banners.
• Analyse spend, budgets, supplier performance and market trends to generate actionable insights.
• Develop and implement category strategies that deliver cost savings, sustainability and risk mitigation.
• Lead sourcing projects using Kingfisher’s tools and processes, ensuring clarity of scope and measurable outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with Kingfisher governance, policies and Code of Conduct.
• Proven experience in marketing services procurement across multiple markets.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience managing international suppliers.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Driven and motivated to deliver against targets.
• Detail‑oriented with strong project‑management capabilities.
• Flexible and resilient, able to adapt to changing needs.

• Customer focus – constantly improving our customers’ experience.
• Human – acting with humanity and care.
• Curious – thriving on learning and thinking beyond the obvious.
• Agile – working with trust, pace and agility.
• Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together.
• Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth.

We value the perspectives any new team members bring and encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements. We offer an inclusive environment, a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us Power the Possible.