Category Manager
2 months ago
**Listing reference**: 018036**Listing status**: Online-
**Position summary**
**Industry**:Wholesale & Retail Trade
- **Job category**:Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain**Location**:Cape Town
- **Contract**:Permanent**Remuneration**:Market Related
- **EE position**:Yes**Introduction**
- We are looking to recruit a Category Manager to work within the Health department of Clicks. The role will be based at Clicks Head Office in Cape Town and will report to the Portfolio Manager.**Job description**
**Job Purpose**:
To achieve and exceed the category financial targets through the successful development and implementation of a category operating plan by actively cultivating, developing and maintaining vendor relationships in line with the business objectives.
**Job Objectives**:
- To develop an annual category operating plan in line with the strategic category brief and lead the category team to achieve the category operating plan targets.
- To negotiate multi-category trading terms and promotional spend (co-op) and actively cultivate and develop vendor relationships and partnerships to ensure vendor performance and first to market with new product launches.
- To negotiate and select promotional products and price to meet the promotional category sales and margin targets, whilst ensuring that the day-day sales and margin targets are met.
- To translate the operating and financial plans into a balanced product assortment and on-shelf layout to meet the customers’ needs.
- To drive exclusive brands thereby creating product differentiation and innovation to increase market share and profitability.
- To manage the achievement of Private Label targets, thereby creating product differentiation, innovation and brand loyalty to increase market share and profitability.
- To sign off and approve the category financial plan to achieve the divisional financial plan.
- To define the category pricing and promotions strategy to ensure we meet the customer’s needs and remain competitive in the market.
- To accelerate the growth of the Sports Supplements category in line with the business objectives
**Minimum requirements**
**Qualifications and Experience**:
- 2-5 years’ experience in Retail Buying is essential
- People management is essential
- Diploma in Purchasing/Retail/Marketing/Financial Management is desirable
- 2-5 years’ experience in FMCG category desirable
**Skills, Abilities and Job Related Knowledge**:
- Knowledge and understanding of the buying business processes.
- Good understanding of developing a category operating plan and identifying strategic opportunities.
- Knowledge of market trends and competitor analysis.
- Knowledge and understanding of assortment management
- Knowledge and understanding of supplier co-op negotiations and trading terms
- Knowledge of financial planning
- Knowledge of Sports, Slimming and Nutrition products
**Essential Competencies**:
- Formulating Strategies and Concepts
- Analyzing
- Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking
- Relating and Networking
- Planning and Organizing
- Deciding and Initiating Action
- Learning and Researching
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