Category Manager - Ready Food

Purpose:

The essential purpose of this job is to manage and lead Ready food Category comprising of wide assortment of products and vendors spread across the country. Capable of managing complex work related issues on inventory management, Margins, ensuring Top line growth play a critical role on this position.

Function:

- To establish the optimum product mix for each store type

- To pro-actively seek out and develop new business opportunities for the Category.

- To ensure that financial plans are developed in line with market trends, balancing risks and opportunities and to develop contingency plans to achieve net margin plan for the Category and maximize profitability while controlling overall stocks at the budgeted norms

- Sourcing and development of own label with the product strategy, to offer a balance of choice, value, quality, and desirability, to the consumer.

- To ensure that Category space plans are developed so that the optimum ranges for each size of store are displayed while delivering the required returns per square foot.

Vendor - short listing based on consumer requirements along with the concerned Buyer and Merchandiser.

Development of subordinate - To ensure that the skills of all direct reportees are fully developed through a balance of training and coaching, and to manage individual performance so that full potential can be realized.

Budget - To manage Category budgeted expenditure within agreed levels.