Commercial Category Manager Intern

8 months ago


Cape Town, South Africa Silvertree Capital (PTY) ltd Full time

**About the role**:
The Commercial Category Manager Intern is responsible for learning to manage a category within an ecommerce store by working closely with the category managers and the broader commercial and marketing teams. They will be providing a support function for the category managers so that the growth and margin targets of the department can be achieved.

Specific tasks & projects will be allocated to the intern based on business needs, which may fluctuate over the period of the internship. However, all efforts will be made to ensure a rounded set of projects that provide exposure to as many elements of category management as possible.

**Core duties and responsibilities**:

- Administration and coordination of commercial (growth) strategies within specified categories- Taking part in supplier partnership discussions
- Coordinating online merchandising tasks
- Assisting with pricing comparisons and admin
- Coordinating promotional strategies
- Assist with strategically sourcing new product ranges based on category growth targets and market trends
- Support the fulfillment of the category margin structure- Monitor margin targets on a supplier, brand and sku level.
- Monitor competitiveness within the market by managing competitor price comparisons.
- Assist in handling turnover health by monitoring slow moving skus
- Education and experience required:

- Degree or diploma in Supply Chain Management, Ecommerce, Business Management
- Functional skills:

- Project management (Basic)
- Time management (Basic)
- Budget management (Basic)
- Administration (Basic)
- Commercially minded
- Attention to detail
- Strong oral and written communication

**General requirements in the role**:
**Accountability**: Showing ownership and responsibility for your performance, actions, and outcomes.

**Collaboration**: Building relationships with colleagues, customers, and suppliers, and contributing to effective team performance.

**Initiative**: Showing curiosity, spotting gaps, finding new and better ways to do things

**Adaptability**: Understanding changes in tasks, projects and environment

**Communication**: Effectively exchanging information with team members, customers and suppliers.



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