Category Specialist

ORİGO DANIŞMANLIK

For one of our multinational client,who operates at the cosmetic sector we are looking for a Category Specialist

Qualifications : 

• University Degree preferably in Economics / Marketing / Management
• At least 2 years of professional experience in Marketing preferably in Beauty and Personal Care
• Fluent English – writing & speaking
• User experience of Microsoft Office Programs
• Great analytical skills, experienced about managing large number of SKUs
• Very good presentation skills
• Multi task oriented personality, detailed thinker
• Customer orientation
• Constantly seeking for new creative ways
• Team player, ability to coordinate with many different people
• Networking and strong interpersonal skills

Responsibilities:

Portfolio Management:

-Evaluate current product portfolio and planned new product introductions and highlight potential discontinuations

-Review category product line versus main competition to identify gaps and potential new product requirements

-Evaluate future new product introductions and positioning within the current offering

-Developing category strategies:

-Highlight key brands and concepts within the category and the support required to drive growth

-Analyse and determine expected category sales, units and margin contributions from new product launches, key brands and concepts

-Model growth scenarios to help define long term category and key brand growth objectives

New Product Launches:

-Work with global product management teams to determine correct positioning of new product launches

-Develop full support plans for Mega and Super launches and develop materials to inform/engage consultants/customers inline with the local requirements, determine sampling strategy

-Find creative ways of engaging consultants about the plans related with new product launches, as well as to support key categories/brands

Support Campaign Planning Team:

-Attend and be an active participant in the annual/quarterly planning meetings

-Based on the catalogue energy charts and agreed actions, load the initial category flow into Clover planning system

-Review catalogue layouts and give brand related input