What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Category Manager position at IT-SCIENT?
Position- Senior Category Manager
Location- Georgetown, TX
Domain- Food Processing/Beverages/Nutrition
Experience- 5 - 35 Years
Position Type: Full-Time; M-F 8AM-5PM
JD:-
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
● Foster relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
● Generate and place purchase orders to ensure product availability meets demand
● Conduct market research and suggest appropriate pricing and promotional activities
● Continuously conduct market research such as reading trade magazines, attending trade shows, and
shopping competitors in order to stay innovative within the C-Store Industry.
Location- Georgetown, TX
Domain- Food Processing/Beverages/Nutrition
Experience- 5 - 35 Years
Position Type: Full-Time; M-F 8AM-5PM
JD:-
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
● Foster relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
● Generate and place purchase orders to ensure product availability meets demand
● Conduct market research and suggest appropriate pricing and promotional activities
● Continuously conduct market research such as reading trade magazines, attending trade shows, and
shopping competitors in order to stay innovative within the C-Store Industry.
● Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
● Determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
● Analyze and determine the best course of action to rectify low sales (Discontinue, Substitute, or Replace)
● Managing the optimal portfolio of products, identifying gaps, and constant cleansing via SKU
rationalization, to create value for our retail members
● Facilitate quarterly meetings with vendors to review their products success
● Creating marketing strategies for new product and executing the project from concept to launch
● Review and analyze daily reports including, but not limited to out-of-stock, price increases, and pending
PO’s
● Provide tactical level of operational support to Warehouse Department Heads
Experience and Skills:
● 5 years Procurement experience
● Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field
● Strong Category Management skills
● Experience with data analysis and highly developed analytical skills
● Contract negotiation skills
● Ability to collaborate with internal departments and external customers/clients to ensure the achievement
of business objectives
● Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
● Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask and prioritize
● Experience with Microsoft Office and SAP
Educational Requirements:
● Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent work experience, knowledge, skills
● Determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
● Analyze and determine the best course of action to rectify low sales (Discontinue, Substitute, or Replace)
● Managing the optimal portfolio of products, identifying gaps, and constant cleansing via SKU
rationalization, to create value for our retail members
● Facilitate quarterly meetings with vendors to review their products success
● Creating marketing strategies for new product and executing the project from concept to launch
● Review and analyze daily reports including, but not limited to out-of-stock, price increases, and pending
PO’s
● Provide tactical level of operational support to Warehouse Department Heads
Experience and Skills:
● 5 years Procurement experience
● Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, or a related field
● Strong Category Management skills
● Experience with data analysis and highly developed analytical skills
● Contract negotiation skills
● Ability to collaborate with internal departments and external customers/clients to ensure the achievement
of business objectives
● Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
● Strong organizational skills with ability to multitask and prioritize
● Experience with Microsoft Office and SAP
Educational Requirements:
● Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent work experience, knowledge, skills