Category-Manager/in
Core
Strategic development of product categories and assortment management to ensure profitable product ranges and improve contribution margins.
Role type
Category Manager
Builds
Profitable product assortments and pricing strategies
Domain
Building materials retail
Required skills
Category management, assortment planning, pricing strategy, margin analysis, supplier analysis, business acumen, data analysis
Preferred skills
Hands-on mentality, decision-making, conflict resolution, entrepreneurial thinking
Technologies
Kalkulation tools, margin models, assortment analysis tools
Responsibilities
Manage product categories throughout the lifecycle, optimize assortment and inventory, analyze supplier and warehouse KPIs, develop pricing and margin models, ensure price strategy compliance, prepare decision-relevant KPIs for stakeholders
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC