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Category Manager (Personal Care - Hair)

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About Us

Established in 1972, Guardian Health & Beauty is Singapore’s Number 1 Health and Beauty retailer. With more than 126 stores nation-wide, it retails a comprehensive range of health & beauty products. Guardian has evolved from its pharmacy roots to a holistic one-stop solution for customers’ health and beauty needs. It continues to expand its products and service range to meet the redefinition of beauty by today’s customers – where health meets beauty.

With a strong health heritage, it has the largest network of award-winning pharmacists and a wide selection of health products. Professional services such as patient-care counselling, dispensary services, beauty and personal care solutions are offered at stores as a convenient one-stop for health and beauty. Guardian also operates its online store with more than 9,000 products available and offers the “Click & Collect” services. For more information, please visit www.guardian.com.sg. Follow Guardian Health & Beauty on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, YouTube and TikTok.

The Role

To develop and implement strategic plans for assigned categories within the framework of a disciplined category management business process so as to achieve company’s financial goals and objectives, improve market share, customer satisfaction and productivity performance measures for the company.

Responsibilities

  • Drive and achieve category sales, gross profit, income goals and objectives of assigned categories through monitoring trends within the market segments; developing strategies to grow the market share of assigned categories; and to plan strategies to counter competition.
  • Develop and implement a good inventory management process so that there is an optimum product mix that focuses on customers’ needs and the process achieves shrinkage reduction objective.
  • Develop and implement promotional plans that bring excitement and incremental sales to the stores.
  • Develop and implement placement and planogram strategies that improve category turnover and positively influence customer shopping behavior.
  • Oversees the implementation of category strategies as well as the development of the private label or house brand products.
  • Ability to build strong relationships with business partners and is well-informed of consumer, market and industry trends.
  • Works in a dynamic environment were expected to regularly review market and industry trends to drive appeal of merchandise mix to target customers.
  • Develop and implement a competitive pricing strategy that delivers value to our customers.
  • Establish collaborative retailer / supplier relationships to maximize income/ terms / discounts to improve sales and profitability of category.
  • Undertake special projects to review and meet specific needs of the Company.
  • To lead and guide Category Managers in their areas of work so that they achieve their key objectives.
  • To develop Monthly Category Analysis Report of the assigned categories.
  • Manage and evaluate promotion effectiveness to achieve maximum profitability for the categories.

About You

  • Diploma holder/university degree in business or marketing or related discipline
  • Minimum 5 years’ work experience in retail operations management with supervisory function
  • Strong leadership and communication skills.
  • Goal oriented and team player

Benefits

  • Team Member Discount
  • Subsidized Medical and Dental Benefits
  • Training Opportunities
  • Career Advancement

Working Location: Tampines North