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Associate Category Manager
Softcard (acquired by Google). Support the Category Manager in driving growth and profitability of assigned categories .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates strong category management capabilities, focusing on driving growth and profitability through effective supplier collaboration, promotional planning, and performance reporting. Exhibits strategic thinking and customer orientation to maximize opportunities in both B2C and B2B channels.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Category Leadership ExperiencePromotional PlanningSupplier ManagementAnalytical ThinkingCommercial Acumen
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Category ManagementPromotional ProcessesPerformance ReportingPlanogram DevelopmentKPI Management
Soft Skills
Time ManagementCommunicationRelationship BuildingCollaborative WorkingDecision Making
Certifications & Qualifications
Tertiary Qualifications in Business
Industry Keywords
B2CB2BRetailWholesaleMulti-Site Distribution
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Support the Category Manager in driving growth and profitability of assigned categories
- Facilitate promotions processes across publications and channels
- Work with suppliers to ensure promotion expectations are met
- Administer supplier income, billing, and reporting
- Set up new lines and suppliers accurately and on schedule
- Develop customer-facing planograms with the planogram team
- Respond to stakeholder queries in a timely manner
- Support day-to-day operational aspects of category assignments
- Maximize digital channel opportunities across B2C and B2B
- Administer annual retail and wholesale promotional plans
- Manage Agreement Sheets administration
- Facilitate category sourcing projects with the sourcing team
- Report regularly on category performance
- Contribute to category sales, gross profit, inventory turnover, and GMROI KPIs
Requirements
What you’ll need- 1-2 Years of Category leadership experience desired, in a fast paced organization – ideally a multi site distribution or retail business
- Strong administrative and time management abilities
- Tertiary qualifications in business or related discipline preferred
- Commercial acumen
- Strategic thinking and planning
- Customer oriented
- Relationship builder
- Communication
- Influencing
- Collaborative working
- Decision making
- Analytical thinking
- Ability to work in a typical office environment and retail store environment
- Ability to move objects up to 20 pounds
- Ability to travel approximately 40-50% of the time
Benefits
Comp & perks- Travel to the various operations, estimated to be approximately 40-50% of time
- Hybrid work arrangement