Category Management Associate.Home Care - Paper & Disposables

Job Description

Functional Accountabilities:

• Assists the Category/Assistant Category Manager in the negotiations of the annual supply agreements with the vendors as per the company guidelines.
• In managing product categories, the Category Associate recommends the product categories to the Category manager as well as assisting him/her in implementing the category plan in line with sales budget and forecasts.
• Assists the category manager in negotiating and administrating the cost and retail prices setting (Product Margin).
• Assist the category manager in managing the total commercial margin by negotiating/follow-up the deals with the vendors and ensure the implementation.
• Analyzes and follow-up with the vendors the product sourcing process and complete all the formalities.
• Helps in managing the vendor relations by providing periodically feedback to the vendors on their performance
  
  

Assists Category Manager in Promo Optimization process:

• Supplier Brief Communication
• Items’ Selection
• Promo Internal Communication
• Forecasting
• Signoff
• Post Promo Review and Action
  
  

Improves Category Availability through:

• Setting MFQ & MDQ
  
  

Improves Category Footfall through:

Planogram implementation

Skills Description

Qualifications (Include any specialised education and qualifications needed to be able to perform the job)

Bachelor Degree in Business or Engineering

Professional Certifications (Include any specific Certifications needed to do the job)

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Experience(Clarify the minimum years of total work experience and other relevant work experience required to be able to perform the job)

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Communication and Relation (Explain the relationships involved with what type of people and what level of communication skills)

Internal:

• Category Management Team
• Supplier Management Team
• Marketing Team
• Operations
• Supply Chain
• Private Label
• Finance Department
  
  

External: Suppliers/Vendors

Key Competencies(critical competencies and behaviours that should be demonstrated to achieve satisfactory performance and meet expectations of how this job should be performed)

• Knowledge of using Microsoft office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
• Negotiations skills
• Analytical Skills