Senior Manager for Procurement responsible for sourcing across Wella Brands in North America. Driving strategy and managing supplier relations in the beauty industry.
About the role
- Sr Category Manager leading data development and project management for retail insights. Collaborating with sales teams to optimize Category Advisor status for clients.
Responsibilities
- lead the development and utilization of data that enables our sales team and broker partners to secure Category Advisor or Category Captain status with our customers.
- provide project management & coordination for Space Planning projects.
- Manage all activities involved in planning and merchandising for the assigned categories for the assigned clients and customers.
- Train, supervise, and evaluate direct reports against completion of performance agreements, maintaining scorecards, and submitting success stories.
- Responsible for analyzing data to develop recommendations geared towards our clients and/or customers’ strategic objectives.
- Oversee the team’s preparation of space management client-deliverables to support category reviews, including charts, graphs, velocity reports, financial metrics, and planogram layouts.
- Engage regularly with clients to fully understand their needs; develop proposals to meet the client(s) and customer(s) expectations.
- Provide analytical support for category management projects and initiatives, including the development and maintenance of planograms, store clustering, implementing merchandising standards, and utilizing Acosta’s internal and proprietary tools.
Requirements
- Five or more years of relevant experience in Retail or Consumer Package Goods (CPG)
- Demonstrated knowledge of Space Management solutions and Retail data analytics (i.e. Blue Yonder/JDA, Nielson, Circana, etc)
- Microsoft Office Suite applications (i.e. PowerPoint and Excel) is to conduct data mining utilizing syndicated data sources and CPG math concepts.
- Data analysis and project management background are a plus.
- Experience managing a team of varying skill sets and capabilities.
- Communicate clearly and effectively to manage projects while assuming responsibility for tracking, tollgates, team performance, and team accountability.
Benefits
- flexible scheduling options
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