Category Manager
3 months ago
KwaZulu Natal, Durban
- Negotiable
Leading international FMCG company seeks to employ a Category Manager; to develop a long term category strategy, including category & brand growth. This includes the planning of core brand availability instore as well as shelf management
**Accountabilities**
- Developed a category scope and platform that provides incremental scope for category and business growth
- Work with the Sales and Marketing Teams to identify and prioritise business growth opportunities and develop integrated business plans
- Provide quarterly update to internal stakeholders on category growth and share development
- Routinely analyse category, consumer, shopper, brand, competitor, and trade information and regularly conduct Point of Purchase audits
- Identify and provide recommendations to leverage growth opportunities and assist the business with gap fill initiatives in order to deliver the business financial objectives
- Commercial Lead on all category projects agreed with retail Customers
- Analyse both category and company performance and make recommendations on shelf management
- Engage with relevant Retailers in line with their category planning timetable
- Provide strategic recommendation and development instore stock
- Developed a store cluster model based on store profile and shopping missions which can be used across multiple categories
- Support KAM in presentation of category management information to Category Buyer/ Planners at agreed meetings
- Build effective working relationships and procedures with Sales and Marketing Teams to drive incremental category and brand growth
**Education & Experience**
- B.Com Degree or suitable tertiary qualification
- Minimum of 2-4 years in a Commercial Business role in an FMCG Company
- High degree of analytical capability
- Good IT knowledge
- Takes responsibility and initiative.
- Must be an excellent verbal communicator with good influencing skills
- An international mindset is an advantage, covering aspects of open mindedness, cross cultural tolerance, adaptability, willingness to change
- Able to work autonomously and as a team member
For more information please contact:
- Cornie Cilliers
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