REGIONAL CATEGORY MANAGER

Job Title

Regional Category Manager

Department

FMCG

Education

Graduate/MBA

Experience

Minimum 12+ Years

Position Reporting to

Regional Head

Job Responsibilities

Lead at team of 8-10 people for buying National & Regional FMCG brands . He /she will be responsible to buying FMCG for a set of 20- 30 Stores. He/she shall be coordinating and addressing challenges in buying and movement of goods  from vendor to DC and DC to stores leading up to sales to ensure smooth business.
He /She shall be meeting Key vendor partners on regular basis for negotiations , forecasting and category development inititatives
He/she shall be closely working with various teams including Store Operations, Supply Chain, core Purchase and Central purchase  to maximize offtakes and ensure best promotions in stores
He/she has to discuss and close Monthly,Quarterly plans with FMCG Vendors  including demand planning, Promotions and smooth supplies to stores.
He/She also will be responsible for training and grooming Purchase officers and Asst Purchase managers on the job as as well in class room trainings.
He/she shall be solely responsible for availability in DC as well stores day in day out. Apart from this mainatinign competitive pricing in market shall be remain his/her core job.

Skills

Experience in General Trade will be preferred. Must be experienced in managing a similar role. Knowledge of local langauge / location of posting, is required. Must be willing to travel.
Must possess good communication, negotiation, problem solving and interpersonal skills.  Must be able to manage a large team.

Competencies