Position Title: Category Supervisor (URGENT!)
Employer: BDA Business and Agricultural Development PLC
Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia
Posted date: 3 weeks ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Review historical sales trends, research demand drivers, validate sales inputs, develop statistical forecast models, and evaluate forecast results;
- Create a roadmap to maximize the gross margin, working closely with the operations team. This includes, but is not limited to, selection of brands and suppliers, negotiation of prices & terms, and ensuring effective retail selling prices.
- Develop and maintain strategic relationships with product suppliers & brand principals;
- Engage with suppliers at a country & regional level to establish our Company as a valued partner;
- Evaluate and monitor all supplier contracts and terms;
- Responsible for the category layouts and use of space in new stores, as well as assessing the performance of existing stores and giving feedback to the teams;
- Evaluate all regional buying activity and monitor Gross margin performance and other performance metrics across the region;
- Prepare presentations on category performance, brand display, promotion, and strategic initiatives for the Leadership team.
- Review expenses compared to plan, meet financial challenges and goals, and be able to create MIS report every month and meet management demand;
- Preparation of MIS;
- Any other job assigned by management from time to time.
Educational Requirement
- BA Degree in Management, Economics, Business Administration, Marketing Management, and related fields
Experience
- Proven experience in FMCG
- Experience in the retail sector
- Good knowledge of perfume and cosmetics
- Excel and PowerPoint presentation skills
