Category Manager at Sheer Logic

This role is responsible for optimizing sales for a particular group of products through Vendor Management, Pricing, Marketing, Planning and management of Inventory to ensure that their company is providing the market with the products that consumer’s desire.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
• Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
• Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
• Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
• Place appropriate orders to ensure product availability that meets consumer demands
• Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
• Liaise with execution teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
• Collaborate with buyers and merchandisers to expand product categories
• Make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory
• Assume responsibility of budget development and revenue for category
• To deliver the P&L and activity plans for a category
• Development of marketing- & category plans that seizes opportunities on all 6P (proposition, product, promotion, pack, price, place) & 5C (consumer, connect, commerce, content, community).
• Translate marketing plans into a volume plans &optimize commercial opportunities. Feed into S&OP cycle and AP processes.
• Ensure a single-minded communication message is created for all campaigns in line with the brand building communication plan, consistent with category needs.
• Champion competitive behavior& -mindset throughout the business and translate it into marketing activities to grow brand share.
• Identify & clearly define the key category and customer risks / opportunities generating the relevant insight needed to resolve these
• Lead the category planning process across categories, highlighting growth opportunities and identifying business targets through category, shopper & market analysis
• Contribute/take responsibility for specific NPD / Category projects and use data to help define the ultimate in store vision for each activity /category.

Job Qualifications

• The ideal candidate must hold Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration or Business-related field
• Possession of professional qualification in Marketing would be an added advantage.
• A minimum five (4 ) years working experience in a similar position.
• Experience working with different departments on development and analysis of cost standards
• Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods
• Excellent communication and people skill