Associate Category Manager

Associate Category Manager

The Associate Category Manager will support the Category Manager in driving growth and profitability of a specific category or group of categories, whilst ensuring an optimal mix of Financial, Operational and Customer outcomes.

Position Performance Measures:

Financial

Contribute toward and aid the Category Manager in achieving KPIs:

APG and ASG category sales

POS Sales out

APG and ASG gross profit (GP)

- Trading Margin (Buy/Sell)

- Gross Margin (inclusive of all rebates)

- Supplier Income

Inventory Turn Over

GMROI (evolve to GMROIC)

Operational

Timeline and process adherence

- Promotion process

- In store planograms

- Line reviews

- Procurement / Sourcing

Customer

Timely feedback to all stakeholder queries

Responsibilities:

Facilitate promotions process across all publications and all channels for assigned categories, ensuring key time lines and process milestones are met

Work closely with the supplier base to ensure adherence to all expectations associated with promotions

Administer all supplier income, ensuring timely and accurate billing and reporting

Manage the set up of all new lines and new suppliers, ensuring all information is captured accurately and in line with key process milestones

Work with the planogram team on developing customer facing planograms, where applicable

Work cross functionally with a wide variety of stakeholders, ensuring all queries associated with the categories are filtered and responded to in a timely manner

Support the Category Manager in the day to day operational aspects of their category assignment

Maximize Digital channel opportunities (B2C/B2B)

Administer annual promotional plans (retail and wholesale)

Manage administration associated with Agreement Sheets, ensuring all information is captured accurately and timely

Facilitate outcomes in conjunction with the sourcing team on key category sourcing projects, ensuring all time lines and process steps are met

Regular reporting on category performance

Core competencies:

Demonstrate Company values and lead by personal example

Focus on GPC Core Competencies

Commercial acumen

Strategic thinking and planning

Customer oriented

Relationship builder

Communication

Influencing

Collaborative working

Decision making

Analytical thinking

Experience, Education, and Abilities:

1-2 Years of Category leadership experience desired, in a fast paced organization ideally a multi site distribution or retail business

Strong administrative and time management abilities

Tertiary qualifications in business or related discipline preferred

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

Work is performed in a typical office environment and retail store environment. In retail store there may exposure to noise, dust, fumes, or temperature shifts. Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.

Travel to the various operations, estimated to be approximately 40-50% of time, required.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.