Category Manager - Textiles

Managerial Accountabilities:

• Ensures all direct repartees have personal objectives and KPIs which cascade down the department deliverables, regularly reviews performance and provide annual performance rating for his direct repartees.

• Plans and monitors training needs, provide professional coaching to repartees to ensure that they have the professional capability to fully deliver in their role and that they are working on a personal development plan.

• Motivates employees and monitors employee satisfaction within his area and plans and executes plans to improve it.

• Ensures staff in place to perform the required tasks.

Functional Accountabilities:

• Manages total category performance

• Defines Category Role Including Own Brand and Manage its execution in accordance with the overall company positioning and market chances.

• Builds the category strategy and translate it into plans for each sub-category

• Designs the category dimensions & planograms according to the overall company strategy and customer needs.

• Solid customer and market understanding and develop latest trends in products by sub-category and customer patterns.

• Builds Sustainable Joint Business Plans and detail with key activities for all sub-categories

• Sets the building blocks & annual operating plan for category growth

• Improves Inventory Turns

• Manages Supplier Brief communication, Items’ Selection, Promo Internal Communication, forecasting, and Signoff

• Post Promo Review and analysis and takes Actions accordingly

• Category Re-set

• Actively plan and work on filling market Gaps; Format, Tiers & Region

• Actively search new business opportunities, business models, services or products.

• Rationalization & Optimization

• Define Pricing Strategy and Setting sales prices / Margin responsibility for the category.

• Monitors and reviews category profitability

• Sets MFQ & MDQ to improve category Availability

• Monitor planogram implementation in stores to improve Category Footfall

• Develops CATMAN Principles to Improve Category Footfall

• Monthly & Quarterly Performance Review with Action

Bachelor Degree in Business or Engineering or any related field

Experience, Skills & Competencies

Minimum of five years experience within related field

Strong Negotiations skills

• Proven experience as category manager or similar role.

• Solid knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles.

• Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods.

• An analytical mind with a strategic ability.

• Excellent communication and people skills.

• Proficient in MS Office.