Vacancy title:
Category Manager
Jobs at:
BICDeadline of this Job:
16 February 2023
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, February 02, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Category Manager
Job Summary
MAIN PURPOSE
• Analyze data (Nielsen | In-Market Sales | Trade Intelligence | RGM) and drive insights to deliver the Business and Category growth objectives.
• Define channel guidelines across Category Management levers with a focus on: -
o Driving incremental sales and profit for BIC and Retail partners
o Gain optimized distribution and visibility for BIC products in the retail environment.
• Provide analytical inputs on category opportunities.
• Drive alignment between the functions involved in Trade Marketing & Category Development (Marketing, Sales, and Nielsen, RGM) and coordinate programs and actions needed to implement recommendations.
• Lead identified category management projects.
• Translate global Category Management strategies by Category into locally relevant strategies where applicable.
• Build relationship and communication with the Marketing and Sales Teams, driving alignment on opportunities and building data credibility with the teams.
Main Responsibilities / Tasks
• Implement and drive the POSM and merchandising standards within various channels
• Provide strategically focused, decision-making support to the Marketing and Sales Departments to maximize customer focused opportunities.
• Monitor and track internal and external performance of key Marketing and Sales initiatives.
• Ensure that planograms are built on accepted industry guidelines, tapping into the Global Category Team.
• Attend meetings with Key Account Managers to assist with delivering the Category plans.
• Identify key performance gaps and opportunities across the categories.
• Tracking performance, new product innovations, pricing and distribution of competitors and their products.
• Development and maintenance of trade stories by Category aligned to Global category priorities and insights.
• Competitor analysis and understanding.
Key performance Indicators/ Key Figures
• Interaction and collaboration with key stakeholder in Sales and Marketing to develop and enhance strategies to deliver the operating plan.
• Visibility and Distribution gains of each POP.
• Build and develop sustainable collaborative relationships with external data service providers.
Qualifications And Technical Skills
• Category Management Experience in FMCG
• Data Analytics experience within Global/International Agency
• Marketing degree with statistics as a major
• Strong computer literacy in Nielsen Software, Power BI, MS Excel, and PowerPoint
Knowledge, Skills, Competencies
R= Required D= Desired
Simple Criteria
• R - High Numeracy skills – detail analysis
• R- Excellent internal customer liaison skills and outstanding supplier relations & service excellence experience.
Complex Criteria
• R – Be able to influence and persuade others to take a specific course of action
• R – Energy and passion for achievement of own commitments and delivering company objectives
• R – Building strong relationships with key internal and external customers
• R – Respect others and mange diversity regarding diverse cultures, management styles
• R – Consistently manage projects and meet deadlines as per expectation, be well organized
• R - Think creatively to deliver practical solutions to problems
• R – Good communication skills
• R – Understanding of the decision-making process
• R – Influencing skills
• R – Ability to Multi-tasking, detail driven and focused
• R – Deadline driven
• R – Drive for Results
• R – Action Orientated
• R – Must be able to work under pressure
• R – Must be numerically strong
Education Requirement: No Requirements
Job Experience: No Requirements
Work Hours: 8
Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to BIC on careers.bic.com to apply
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