Category Manager| Remuneration: | market-related | | Location: | Cape Town | | Job level: | Mid/Senior | | Type: | Permanent | | Company: | Ad Talent Africa |
Who are we: A global leader employing around 5,000 people across 50 countries and serving industrial manufacturing, construction, and consumer markets. Who are we looking for: A category manager with product experience. What will you do: - Develop and follow the category strategy across consumer channels (FMCG, DIY, Stationery, Digital/Websites).
- Define margin levels and retail price positioning for the category.
- Collaborate on the NPD roadmap with R&D, other business units, and regions/countries.
- Manage global product development and maintenance within the Category.
- Design and update packaging layouts for consumer products.
- Oversee global innovation roll-out.
- Align best POS practices with the global consumer market.
- Support new market development.
- Ensure Margin levels and retail price positioning align with company expectations.
What do you need:- Minimum primary degree in marketing, business administration or a related field (advanced degree such as MBA, masters preferred)
- Ability to think on strategic level
- Good communicator
- Team player
- High degree of fluency in English
- Demonstrated experience in scoping and conducting quantitative and qualitative market studies
- Comfortable with figures and analysis, in particular for market data like GFK
- Detail-oriented with an ability to creatively and clearly present market trends and research findings in written, graphical and verbal formats
- Awareness of key trends, customers, competitors in DIY/consumer and adjacent markets (construction, retail etc.)
- Self-starter able to flourish in a fast-paced and flexible environment
- Good interpersonal skills and an ability to identify sources of market intelligence from both internal and external networks insights
Posted on 03 Jul 08:25, Closing date 1 Aug |
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