Job Description:
Category Management:
- Take ownership of the shelves.
Identify missing “hero” products and ensure product mix is always ahead of competitors,
review slow moving SKU and activate clearance to reduce damage to business, aggressive
to approach newest or NPD which is suitable to business format, maintain
appropriate no. of SKU/listing to ensure fulfil customer demand while keep
inventory healthy.
Pricing and Benchmarking:
- Conduct regular market price
checks. Set the RRP (Retail Price) for our items to ensure we stay competitive
while protecting our margins.
- Conduct regular check on
products, promotion and display strategies, and analyse retail trends and
customer behaviours.
Supplier Negotiation and
Performance:
- Deal directly with
supplier/distributors/vendors to get better COGS, trading terms, promotional
support, and any operational issues which harmful to our business.
- Manage the Product Master List
with high discipline – ensuring SKU details, barcodes, and costs are accurate.
- Ensure proper documentation,
supplier agreements, rebate tracking, and commercial records are properly
maintained.
Analytic and Reporting:
- Weekly & Monthly review on
sales & counter measure including store best practice.
- Provide sales counter measure
as and when necessary.
- Monitor actual performance vs
budget and implement correctness action plans when necessary.
Stock Availability:
- Work closely with Operations to
ensure zero stock-outs on fast moving categories.
- Work closely with Supply Chain
team to ensure sufficient stocks stored in Distribution Centre and right amount
of quantity to deliver to each outlet.
- Monitor and Track
supplier/vendor PO and direct stores fulfilment with purchase sell-through to
avoid lost sales opportunity and disappointment from customers.
Promotion:
- Planning and execution on
monthly, weekly and promotional campaign with government, including checking
execution in-stores.
Operation Support:
- Day to Day operation issue
support to smoothen the operation task.
New stores and
revamp/refurbishment support:
- Assortment, categories,
equipment, promotion, display planning.
Stores Visitation
- Store visit to store and
checking on the selling floor and backroom condition.
- To ensure proper merchandising
execution.
- To understand operational
challenges and customer demand.
Collaborate with Planogram and
Space Planning Team:
- To optimise product mix based
on sales performance and customer demand.
- Develop and maintain planogram
for different store formats and product categories.
- Allocate shelf space
effectively to maximise sales per square foot.
- Review slow-moving items and
recommend actions such as promotions or delisting.
Support on special projects to
improve department sales and activation.
Manage categories:
- Beverage
- Confectionary (Snack &
Candy)
- Dairy: Perishable, Fruits &
Vegetables, Meat & Poultry, Seafood, Frozen Food, Fresh Milk, Chill foods,
Ice Cream or temperature sensitive products/handling.
- Bakery
Ensure fresh categories
maintain high standard and quality, freshness, cleanliness, and food safety
compliance.