Category Manager for IT

Job brief

We are looking for a Category Manager to manage IT category. He/She will be responsible for assortment management and pricing strategy, sell out and promotion planning, contract and vendor management.

Responsibilities:

– Analyze data or insights to determine industry and consumer trends (IT)
– Advice long-term development strategies for product categories
– To build relationship depending on trust with vendors to achieve better pricing and quality of services
– Assortment management and product matrix development per each store
– Collaboration with marketing team to determine competitive pricing and promotional activities
– Sell out planning on monthly, quarterly, yearly base –regular and promotion
– Determining of KVI by pricing and profitability

Requirements

– Proven experience as category manager or similar role – between 2-3 years of work experience
– Solid knowledge of category management, marketing and sales principles
– Understanding of data analysis and forecasting methods
– Strong analytical skills with proven experience of Excel including Pivot Tables, V-Lookups
– Excellent oral and written communication skills
– Previous experience on strategic development, product management or product marketing, revenue targets and quotas is highly desirable
– Languages – Azeri (native), Russian (fluent), English (good/fluent) is desirable

Please, send your CV/Resume to [email protected] with subject name “Category Manager for IT“.