Category Manager

2 months ago

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Qra Sdn Bhd Full time

**About the role**: Category Manger (Grocery)
Qra is a start-up neighborhood grocer with a mission to make eating well and living well more accessible to the communities we serve.
As a Category Manager within Qra, you will be responsible for the development and growth of a product category. A team player, you will be required to build relationships with key department leads and maintain long term vendor relationship to ensure smooth and successful implementation of merchandise and buying objectives.

**Responsibilities**:
The day-to-day responsibilities for the Category Manager cover a wide span of activities. Here are some of the key areas:

- The category manager is responsible for supporting the business in shaping the strategic direction of the branded trading offer and coaching the team to maximise short, medium, and longer-term deliverables.
- Procure highest quality grocery at a price that meets the needs of both our customers and vendors.
- Develop and implement category strategics to drive sales, profitability, improve product mix and quality and enhance overall customer experience.
- Collaborate with suppliers to secure quality grocery, favourable pricing, product availability, and promotional support.
- The category manager will typically manage larger turnover categories, including purchasing, ranging, and ongoing category management.
- Develop and implement category plans (including supporting category buyers) to ensure delivery of sales, margin, and targets.
- Build, manage, and maintain supplier relationships
- Lead / support the relationship between trading and marketing to ensure we shape and deliver promotions and customer communications that maximize sales and future penetration / loyalty.
- In conjunction with space planning, identify, develop and implement range, layout and opportunities that will maximize sales and customer impact.
- Work closely with retail operations to ensure there is a strong understanding of category plans.

**; Requirements**: - Experience and skills
- Buying experience in Food business preferred
- Category Management Experience with a food related knowledge in retail environment
- High level of interpersonal, relationship management and team-working experience
- Strong communication skills both written and verbal and negotiating skills
- Meticulous and has a keen eye for detail
- Desire to grow individually and to learn how to best support other team members
- Dynamic, resourceful and has passion for long-term career
- Able to multi-task, work in fast-paced environment and has team leadership potential.

Must haves
- Innovative with a passion and love for to bringing products to our

customers
- Genuine curiosity to know how things work and how to make them better
- A self-starter, proactive and hands-on approach. End-to-end. Get things

done right, and fast
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills and an ability

to develop and maintain relationships
- Always curious, with a pulse on the ever-changing consumer retail

industry, and an ability to constantly improve and innovate
- Lives and breathes our core values

"Own this Journey; Truly Passionate; Customers in Mind; Work Together; Aim to Be Better"

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