Assistant

Job Description

Contract: Full time, Fixed Term Contract/Secondment 6 months

Closing date: 17th February 2025

Recruitment Partner: Katrina, katrina.wuk@boots.co.uk

About the role

Are you passionate about transforming the healthcare customer experience? Join our Nottingham Support Office as a Healthcare Category Development Assistant on a 6 month fixed-term contract. Help create and deliver customer-focused solutions that drive better health outcomes. If you're excited about shaping the future of healthcare and want to contribute to innovative projects, we'd love to hear from you!

As a Healthcare Category Development Assistant, you’ll be an integral part of the broader Healthcare Development & Public Affairs team, reporting into a Healthcare Development Manager. You’ll bring your exceptional organisational skills, eagerness to learn, and keen eye for detail to the role. Working alongside a passionate, multi-skilled team, you’ll be part of an exciting group committed to delivering impactful results.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support to the team across various development projects.
• Assist the team in the continuous development of future in-store experience and partnership propositions.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including third-party suppliers and partners, and internal cross-functional teams.
• Build strong internal relationships to gain a comprehensive understanding of wider business functions.
• Take ownership of critical path elements, holding team members accountable to ensure milestones are met.
• Stay informed on performance metrics and important trends within the healthcare market, and share insights with key stakeholders.

What you’ll need to have

• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with both internal teams and external partners.
• A collaborative mindset to work effectively in a dynamic, multi-skilled team environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, third-party suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise effectively, and stay on top of project timelines and deadlines.
• A keen eye for detail to ensure accuracy in tracking milestones, managing administrative tasks, and reviewing project documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and other tools to support analysis and report generation.

It would be great if you also have

• A basic understanding of healthcare market trends to provide insights and contribute to future proposition development.

Our benefits

• 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 holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Business Area: Support Office

Function: Supply

Keywords: Healthcare, Category, Development, Assistant

Hours per week: 37.5