Job purpose:

Responsible for revenue and budget achievement including P&L analysis and action planning for Groceries, Personal Care, Home Care, Chilled Products, Frozen Products & Beverages.

Key responsibilities:

• Strong Strategic planning experience within the respective FMCG Sector (DRY/DPH/OPSS/BEV).
• Ability to lead teams, motivate, develop, and retain team members.
• Passion for Retail is core to the company culture.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and communication skills.
• Embrace problem solving, developing, and finding real business solutions.
• Possess a can-do, positive attitude and enjoy working as a part of a dynamic team.
• Leadership of the commercial team, including recruitment and training
• Sales and JBP (Joint Business Planning) with main Supplier accounts
• Foster teamwork and a collaborative working environment across the whole organization
• Become a key MAT client liaison point developing productive relationships and collaborating extensively with the Commercial Development and Marketing teams.
• Proactively support commercial team to identify new business opportunities, if any opportunities for future work are identified, ensure these opportunities are communicated to a relevant senior colleague or the client if appropriate.

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in any field desirable, although not mandatory given relevant previous retail experience
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience
• Outstanding knowledge and experience of Store Management and operations
• Outstanding understanding of business
• Excellent functional knowledge, leadership capabilities, emotional intelligence, proactivity & resourcefulness
• Outstanding alertness, communication skills, coordination skills, presentation skills & customer orientation
• Excellent strategic orientation & flexibility
• Very good accuracy

Job specific skills:

1. Proven experience as category manager or similar role
2. Solid Knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles
3. Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods Proficient in MS Office
4. Analytical mind with a strategic ability
5. Excellent communication and people Skills
6. Strong /Excellent Negotiation Skills