Category Planning Manager

Indigo Brands, based in Cape Town, is a subsidiary of AVI Limited (AVI). Indigo Brands has been a manufacturer and distributor of global brands Yardley and Lenthéric since 1995 and is aleader in personal care and beauty products, including female and male perfumed body spays, roll-on deodorants, body care, face care, colour cosmetics and liquid fragrances. Well-known brands include Yardley, Gorgeous, Lace, English Blazer, Lenthéric, Hoity Toity, Solo, and Masculin. Indigo Brands is ISO accredited and boasts a five star NOSA rating.
An exciting opportunity exists for a Category Planning Manager at Indigo Brands, Epping, Cape Town. As the successful incumbent you will be responsible for the Category / Channel Execution of Indigo Brands' Personal Care and Fragrance Strategy (category planning, space planning, promotional analysis and range optimisation across key retail customers (in particular Clicks, Dis-Chem, Spar, Edgars, Foschini)
Line Manager: Senior Manager - Insights & Shopper Marketing
Job Specification: Key Performance Areas: Category and Channel Development - Personal Care and Fragrance PortfolioLead Category Management and Space Planning Discussions with Retail CustomersTrade Execution StandardsSupplier ManagementAVIFM TrackingBudget ManagementMinimum Requirements: Experience: Minimum 5 Years' experience in either: Trade Marketing , Category Management, Sales or Brand ManagementExperience in FMCG and / or Beauty retailExperience engaging and presenting to stakeholders at all levelsExperience in both Personal care and Beauty industry would be advantageousExperience presenting to category / buying teams would be advantageousQualifications: Commercial / Sales / Marketing related degree or diplomaBusiness / Data Science / Marketing related degree would be advantageousAdditional Requirements: Understanding of category management principles, and consumer / shopper behaviour
Ability to translate category and brand plans into customer strategy in execution (space planning, range optimisation, category management)
Experience with Space Planning Software (JDA, Dot Activ or equivalent)
Strong experience working with data, e.g. EPOS / Basket data tools (e.g. Nielsen, Circana, REX, etc)
Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, BI
Commercial acumen
Budget Management
Competencies: Planning and OrganizingThinking AnalyticallyThinking RationallyNetworkingAttention to DetailBuilding RelationshipsMeeting DeadlinesSeizing Business Opportunity
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