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Job Description
We believe that work is not just an office you report to every morning. It is rather the right place for discoveries as well as innovations and a venue for development of professional skills. Employees in Panda always work to reach new heights in performance through enthusiasm, punctuality and adaptability. If you believe you can be the one with this skillset, join us today to start your first step towards a quite successful career path.
Job Purpose
To assist in achieving the department sales, margin, other income and total commercial margin in order to support the company in achieving the sales and bottom line targets.
Job Responsibilities
- Leads the negotiations of the annual supply agreements with the vendors as per the company guidelines.
- Assists in managing product categories in line with sales budget and forecast by recommending the selection of products for his category and plans to drive category profitability
- Assists the category manager in negotiating and administrating the cost and retail prices setting (Product Margin).
- Assists the category manager in managing the total commercial margin by negotiating/follow-up the deals with the vendors and ensure the implementation.
- Assists in managing vendor relations by providing feedback to vendors about performance and future opportunities.
- Suggests/negotiates the promotional offers and completes the formalities of the promo plan.
- Sources new products
- Market Share Analysis
Assists Category Manager in Promo Optimization process:
• Supplier Brief Communication
• Items’ Selection
• Promo Internal Communication
• Forecasting
• Signoff
• Post Promo Review and Action
- Assists Category Manager in Assortment Optimization Process:
• Category Re-set
• Filling Market Gaps ; Format, Tiers & Region
• New Business Development
• Rationalization & Optimization
- Assists Category Manager in Pricing Optimization Process:
• Define Pricing Strategy
• Category Profitability
- Improves Category Availability through:
• Setting MFQ & MDQ
- Improves Category Footfall through:
• Planogram implementation
• Developing CATMAN Principles
- Monthly & Quarterly Performance Review with Action
Skills
Education
Bachelor Degree in Business or Engineering
Experience, Skills & Competencies
• Minimum three years’ experience within related field
• Knowledge of using Microsoft office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
• Negotiations skills
• Strong Analytical Skills
• Strong Communication Skills
• BI and JDA know how.
