Category Manager - Printers & Office Solutions
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- Develop an effective plan to grow your category line to meet achieved budgeted goals in sales, margin, operating profit, customer acquisition, repurchase, retention, and customer satisfaction
- Develop supply chain inefficiencies i.e. inventory turns, reduction in customer returns, overstock, out of stock, and aging item
- Research and identify opportunities for further mid-term to long-term category business development
- Establish high level vendor partnerships and negotiate optimized business terms and conditions
- Conduct business and financial analysis, including forecasting, monitoring, and reporting
- Manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, balance business needs versus technical constraints, and maximize business benefit while building great customer experiences
- Work cross-functionally with other departments and business units
- Manage the entire category line life cycle from strategic planning to execution management
- Negotiate with vendors to secure lowest total delivered cost, volume incentives, rebates, advertising and other applicable allowances
- Involved in business channel development
- Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends
- Devise long-term development strategies for product categories
- Develop exit strategies for unsuccessful products
- Foster trust relationships with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
- Place appropriate orders to ensure product availability that meets consumer demands
- Determine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibility
- Liaise with marketing teams to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities of a product category
- Make forecasts for product demand to ensure the sustainability of inventory
- Assume responsibility for budget development, reporting, and GMV/EBITDA for the category
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