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At a Glance
- Category
- 🛍️ Retail
- Level
- Mid-Level
- Type
- Full-time
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ROLE PROFILE / RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Category Growth and Profitability
Drive sales from the assigned category by developing comprehensive category business plans
Drive and monitor gross margins for the category and ensure alignment with the organization’s position, business plan and budgets.
2. Category Merchandise Planning
Prepare annual plans for the assigned category and provide inputs to the Merchandising Development and Buying Head to assist in creation of overall merchandizing budget
Study trends from historical data around product category sales and market research to assist in the overall planning process
Ensure adherence to financial plan in all key areas - sales, markdowns, margin & average inventory
Discuss, decide and freeze the merchandise plans (pricing, promotion, assortment etc.) for the category with the Merchandise Planning department
Ensure effective in season management across territories (stock balancing, markdown management, stock analysis, stock vs sales performance)
3. Category Design and Quality
Ensure optimum utilization of customer research information to guide category management decisions, including decisions on the introduction of new products, product assortment, shelf layout, promotion and pricing of products in the store
Formulate design and development plan in consultation with the Design Head with specifications on product features, functions, packaging and resource requirement across categories
Ensure all design and development activities are carried out within budget
Ensure the merchandise procured and received meets the quality standards
4. Order and Vendor Management
Create an adequate vendor base for the organization through active scouting and negotiation / renegotiation
Requirements
- •Ability to drive sales and gross margins for assigned categories
- •Experience in merchandise planning and budget creation
- •Ability to study historical data and market trends
- •Knowledge of stock balancing and markdown management
- •Ability to formulate design and development plans
- •Experience in vendor scouting and negotiation
Responsibilities
- •Develop comprehensive category business plans to drive sales and profitability
- •Prepare annual plans and provide inputs for the overall merchandising budget
- •Analyze historical sales data and market research for planning
- •Freeze merchandise plans including pricing, promotion, and assortment
- •Manage in-season stock balancing and performance analysis
- •Utilize customer research to guide product introduction and shelf layout
- •Formulate design and development plans with specific product features
- •Create and manage an adequate vendor base through active scouting
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Landmark Group is a major retail and hospitality conglomerate in the Middle East, Africa, and India. It operates numerous well-known retail brands and businesses.