Senior Category Manager

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa Clicks Group Limited Full time

**Listing reference**: 019017

**Listing status**: Online

**Position summary**

**Industry**:Wholesale & Retail Trade

**Job category**:Merchandising

**Location**:Cape Town

**Contract**:Permanent

**Remuneration**:Market Related

**EE position**:Yes

**About our company**
- Clicks Grou

**Introduction**
- We are seeking to appoint a Senior Category Manager for our UniHealth division within Clicks. This diverse role will focus on the full Frontshop business across all categories and will be based at Clicks Head Office in Woodstock and report to the Head of UniHealth Pharmacy.

**Job description**

**Job purpose**
- To develop and execute the category strategy in order to achieve and exceed the category financial targets through rapidly accelerating category depth, strengthen pricing strategy and driving private label and exclusive Brands thereby creating product differentiation and innovation to increase market share and profitability.

**Job objectives**
- To develop and implement a category plan for specific product ranges to ensure reduced cost of goods, optimise contract terms and increase income, assume responsibility of budget and revenue for category.
- To negotiate favourable trading terms and promotional spend (co-op), actively cultivate, develop and maintain vendor relationships and partnerships to ensure vendor performance and first to market with new product launches.
- To maintain relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future products lines.
- To implement a plan that will achieve the Unihealth value proposition through price and promotion whilst achieving promotional sales targets.
- To translate the operating and financial plans into a balanced product assortment and visual on-shelf display to meet the customer’s needs
- To support the sourcing and development of private label products and exclusive brands thereby creating product differentiation, innovation and brand loyalty that will increase market share and profitability.
- To regularly review performance indicators, such as sales, margin and promo quantification, keeping the business updated on financial performance versus market and plan.
- To conduct range reviews, analyse consumer buying patterns, predict future trends and stay abreast with competitor activity.
- To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including marketing to ensure effective delivery of the operating plan.

**Minimum requirements**

**Job Related Knowledge**
- Operating plan development
- Supplier relationship management
- Procurement and Supply Chain
- Business Objectives and Strategies
- Business Processes
- Retail Management
- Market trends and competitor analysis
- Understanding of supplier co-op negotiations and trading terms
- Financial planning and budgets
- Relevant legislation
- Sales Margin Management

**Job Related Skills**
- Strong Financial/Business acumen with a merchant mindset
- Strong negotiation skills
- Planning and organisational skills
- Ability to build strong supplier relationships
- Competency in all computer packages, i.e. Outlook,Excel, PowerPoint
- Verbal and written communication
- Problem solving and analytical thinking
- Strategic thinking and decision making
- Attention to detail
- Project management
- Training facilitation

**Job Experience**
- 4-6 years Category Management experience
- 2-3 years People Management experience
- Managing objectives
- Experience with local and global supplier networks

**Education**
- B Degree or Diploma in Retail, Purchasing Management or similar (Essential)

**Competencies**
- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Working with People
- Persuading and Influencing
- Analysing
- Learning and Researching
- Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
- Achieving Personal Work Goals and Objectives
- Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking

**We also encourage people with disabilities to apply.

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