Category Manager

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Research and analyze data and market insights

• Search for insights into consumer needs and wants

• Plan and implement long-term development strategies for product categories

• Design exit strategies for unsuccessful products

• Build and maintain long-term relationships with vendors

• Ensure product availability

• Strategize positioning of a product category in order to maximize its visibility

• Collaborate with the marketing team

• Research competitors and suggest appropriate pricing and promotional activities

• Work with customers and merchandisers and find new ways of expanding product

categories

• Calculate forecasts for product demand trends

Qualifications:

• Previous working experience as category manager for 5 years

• Expertise in category management

• In-depth knowledge of marketing and sales operations and processes

• Hands on experience with analyzing big data and making forecasts

• Analytical and critical thinker

• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

• MBA marketing or similar relevant field