Is this your next challenge in Category Management?

The challenge is to:

• Collaborate 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.
• Engage with vendors to create and execute market-leading category plans including new brand or product launch plans, promotion plans and marketing plans.
• Drive own brand development with the own brand team within the category to develop and execute plans to grow own brand penetration and increase overall category profitability.
• Team up closely with the marketing team to develop attractive and exciting 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 deliver 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.
• Lead and develop a category management team with customer and product focus at all times.

Do you have experience in financial analysis in Category Management?

• Bachelor's Degree in any disciplines.
• Minimum 7 years of solid experience in category management, key account management, or own brand management in FMCG industry; and in beauty or personal care industry is preferred.
• Good command in both verbal and written English and Chinese.
• Strong analytical thinking and acute market sense.
• Self-motivation and strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong influencing, negotiation and communication skills.