Functional Accountabilities:

• Assists the Category/Assistant Category Manager in the negotiations of the annual supply agreements with the vendors as per the company guidelines.
• In managing product categories, the Category Associate recommends the product categories to the Category manager as well as assisting him/her in implementing the category plan in line with sales budget and forecasts.
• Assists the category manager in negotiating and administrating the cost and retail prices setting (Product Margin).
• Assist the category manager in managing the total commercial margin by negotiating/follow-up the deals with the vendors and ensure the implementation.
• Analyzes and follow-up with the vendors the product sourcing process and complete all the formalities.
• Helps in managing the vendor relations by providing periodically feedback to the vendors on their performance

Assists Category Manager in Promo Optimization process: 

·          Supplier Brief Communication 

·          Items’ Selection 

·          Promo Internal Communication 

·          Forecasting

·          Signoff 

·          Post Promo Review and Action 

Improves Category Availability through:

·          Setting MFQ & MDQ

Improves Category Footfall through:

Planogram implementation