
Category Manager
Full time Evaluation and Staffing Africa posted 7 months ago in Manufacturing Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Offered Salary viewable by ESAfrica only 1000000
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Career Level Manager
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Experience 8 Years +
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Gender N/A
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Profession Manufacturing
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
About Company: A retail chain startup for basic groceries with strong financial resources which is
going to change the retail market in Nigeria. The Company’s values are honesty, reliability, and responsibility.
Reporting to: Â Â Â Â Â Â Central Purchasing Officer (CPO)
Targets of the Position:
- Develop the categories so that all SKU`s have strong volume and excellent quality.
- In order to do so he does everything possible to become an expert of his categories with excellent knowledge of the local as well as international markets.
- He works with all departments in collaboration in each subject, in order to get the best results for the company.
Specific powers and Responsibilities:
- He negotiates all purchasing conditions like purchasing prices, payment days and other relevant terms & conditions like minimum order quantities.
- He suggests items to be added to his category.
- He suggests items to drop from his categories.
- He decides on additional manufacturers for the production of Private Labels.
- He performs quality tests and tastings inside the company for the items in his category, especially before selecting a new time for the assortment.
- He clarifies severe quality issues and suggests necessary actions.
- He follows up existing contracts with suppliers, and prior to the end of the duration he decides on new contracts.
- He informs the regions about important legal information or modifications, new purchasing conditions packaging modifications.
- In case of shortages he decides on the volume by region.
- He decides which supplier should deliver each region.
- He decides on laboratory tests for new and existing products.
- He is authorized to sign Purchasing contracts together with the Central Purchasing Officer.