Category Manager – Health & Beauty

Job Description

As a Category Manager – Health & Beauty, you will be fully accountable for the P&L of a portfolio of Health & Beauty products and will develop a winning category strategy to implement across our stores.

Utilizing your strategic expertise in Health & Beauty retail, you will identify growth opportunities within your category and collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to deliver a unique value proposition for our customers, ultimately increasing market share and profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Execute the customer-centric strategy for Health & Beauty category, buil a strong legacy for the future.
• Drive innovation within the Health & Beauty category by working closely with the broader Merchandise team.
• Engage and build strong relationships with Health & vendors, driving sales, market share, and margins.
• Creat and execute market-leading category plans, including new brand or product launches, promotional campaigns, and marketing strategies.
• Partner with the marketing team to create attractive and exciting promotional events and campaigns that align with pre-agreed sales plans.
• Collaborate with relevant team to ensure that store layouts, planograms, promotions and displays techniques are effective in maximizing sales and profitability for Health & Beauty category.
• Establish and maintain effective margin and price controls to maximize business profits whilst deliver a good value offer to the customer.
• Manage stock levels and markdown strategies to ensure product availability and optimize the product lifecycle.
• Lead and develop a category management team with a strong customer and Health & Beauty product focus, ensuring a high level of collaboration and performance.

Job Requirement

• 5-7 years of experience in Category Management or Merchandising within a Health & Beauty retail environment.

• Outstanding influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with a deep understanding of the Health & Beauty industry.

• Strong strategic thinking with the ability to thrive in a dynamic, customer-driven Health & Beauty retail environment.

• Proven ability to champion drive continuous improvement in Health & Beauty categories.

• Strong commercial acumen

• Customer-first approach

Benefits

•  Annual bonus: 2 - 3 months under minimum KPI requirement
• Participate in the Employee Stock Option Program
• Work in a dynamic, open, creative environment
• Regular training, company team building, birthday bonus