Role description:
Develop and implement category strategy to drive growth market share and profitability (based on overall company and commercial strategy); Prepares and leads commercial negotiations of non-fuel goods and services with suppliers
Build and maintain strong business relationship with suppliers collaborates on joint business plans new product launches and promotional activities
Define manage and optimize assortment launching exclusive offers and dedicated innovations; Defines and executes optimal pricing strategy for the category
Contribute to the design of layouts to maximize retail store space sales and profit; Plan and execute marketing activities in cooperation with Retail Marketing function
Monitor and analyse category performance and creates action plans and activities for underperforming categories or products; Supervises and re-assesses continuously the Category results vs annual business plan targets
Keep track of latest customer and industry trends competitor activities; Actively search for new ideas to develop category
Become the expert of the related categories through visiting competitors convenience shops and analysing internal and external data
Collaborate with Group Gastro team to ensure strategic projects and daily operations align with group standards
Qualifications:
University / college degree Economics or Business degree
Min. 4-5 years of relevant offer or category management experience in a multinational supplier / retailer company in category management position
Proven track record in Beverages Category management area is must
Experience with cross country cooperation is advantage.
Fluent business English is a must MS Office Package
Entrepreneurial and commercial mind-set excellent communication and negotiation skills customer focused strong analytical skills
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