Is this your next challenge in category management?

• Work with vendors to build mutually beneficial relationships to ensure long term strategic partnerships, leading to sales and market share growth, lower costs and higher margins.
• Work with vendors to create and execute market-leading category plans including new brand or product launch plans, promotion plans and marketing plans.
• Work closely with the own brand team to drive own brand development within the category, developing and executing plans to grow own brand penetration and increase overall category profitability.
• Work closely with the marketing team to develop attractive and interesting promotional events which follow pre-agreed selling plans.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to ensure that store layouts, promotions and display techniques are effective in maximizing sales and profitability for the category.
• Establish and maintain effective margin and price controls which maximize business profits whilst delivering a good value offer to the customer.
• Manage stock levels and mark-downs to ensure that product availability remains high and product lifecycle is effectively managed.
• Manage and develop a category management team, ensuring that they are customer and product focused at all times.

Do you have experience in category management?

• University graduate
• At least 7 years solid category management, key account management or own brand management in FMCG industry
• Self-motivated and possessing strong problem-solving skills
• Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills
• Strong analytical thinking and possessing acute market sense
• Proficiency in English and Chinese
• Category management, key account management or own brand experience in beauty or personal care industry is preferred