Job Description: Responsibilities & Requirements
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To liaise with Commercial Divisions to create, analyze and implement customer category assortment strategies (assortment structure & ranges), and produce category planograms.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide assistance and input on category assortment/cluster strategy, (Space; Region; Demographic), to the category buyer.
- Assist and provide input on category-ranging decisions for determined assortments/clusters to the category buyer.
- Create category assortment projects for various categories using the relevant assortment software.
- Produce category planograms for store implementation.
- Conduct Impact analysis on ALL category assortments/clusters on Profit and Turnover.
- Conduct adhoc in-depth assortment and space analysis.
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Minimum Requirements
- A relevant Post graduate degree or diploma is an added advantage.
- Category Management or Retail experience
- Advanced excel skills
- SAP Merchandise knowledge is an added advantage
- Any Catman software knowledge is an added advantage.
Competencies
- The ability to analyze, understands and utilize detailed information from various sources, and draw conclusions
- Affinity for numbers and comfortable with large data sets
- To clearly convey insights in a clear and concise manner
- To ensure the appropriate use of standards, meet deadlines, follow up action points, monitoring mechanisms in order to exercise control over processes and quality
- The ability to plan and co-ordinate a task/activity realistically
- Can work under pressure, with a sense of urgency
- Attention to detail