Category Assistant Brands

Fresco Select; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading consumer products company based in Germany seeks an experienced individual for a category management role. You will coordinate product launches and collaborate with various teams to ensure successful brand management. The ideal candidate possesses solid interpersonal skills, a problem-solving mentality, and proficiency in MS Office. With a focus on growth, this position offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for initiative. Additional benefits include a market-based salary, 25 holidays, and the option for hybrid work.

Leistungen

Market-based salary

25 holidays

Premium-free pension

Travel allowance

Option to work partially from home

Qualifikationen

• 1-2 years of experience in category management.
• Good understanding of English in spoken and written form.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
• Talent in organizing with attention to detail.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate all steps to ensure timely product launches.
• Manage day-to-day brand activities for smooth execution.
• Collaborate with multiple teams for alignment on brand strategies.
• Assist in sustainability projects and analyze sales data.

Kenntnisse

Category management experience

Problem-solving mentality

Customer support

Interpersonal skills

MS Office proficiency

Adaptability to new systems

Jobbeschreibung

Reporting to the category director brands, you are the administrative rock that they will lean on. You will connect with our buying office in Shanghai for new product data and item validation. You will work closely with the category director, Global buying & sourcing team, compliance team and our warehouse in Europe to make sure all relevant product data is available at the time of launch.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all steps with the respective support areas to ensure a timely launch.
• Help with reviews for inline assortment when needed (organize and update documents, certificates, lifecycle, make analyses, marketing materials, etc).
• Answer product questions from Sales Teams.
• Plan and execute critical path processes for (retail) brand product launches, in alignment with the category management launch guidelines.
• Manage day-to-day brand activities (such as product questions, timely updates images, descriptions etc.) to ensure smooth execution and consistent brand presence
• Manage product lifecycle tasks in alignment with the Brand Director —from new (retail) brand product introductions to rationalization of underperforming items— ensuring seamless transitions across stages.
• Collaborate with the (retail) brand and Poland Operations to align on right customization methods of the (retail) brand products. •
• Collaborate with Marketing to align on availability of the right product imagery, making sure the correct Brand article numbers are linked to our collection.
• Assist in projects (f.e. sustainable data collection), analysing sales data, developing and executing brand strategies and business plans to drive sales, profitability, and alignment with broader (retail) brand goals.

This is your profile

• You have at least 1-2 years of experience in category management
• Good understanding of English in word and writing.
• You have a problem-solving mentality
• Proven capability to adapt to new systems and willingness to learn
• Customer supportive, stress resistance and a team player
• Strong interpersonal skills, dealing with multiple stakeholders across different functions and levels of expertise
• Talent in organizing, with an eye for detail and priorities
• Entrepreneurial and able to work autonomously
• Resilient and able to respond under pressure
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office; especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Passion for new products and brands.

This is your place of work

You will be part of the Category Management Team that consists of 25 people. Within this team you will work from a solid sub-team, and you will report to the category manager. You will get to the desks of the Marketing or E-Commerce Team within seconds, as they will share the same space. Thanks to our flat organizational structure, lines are very short anyway. As we are originally a trade organization with huge growth ambitions, you will be able to thrive in an international, dynamic, and sales-oriented environment. One with an open and informal corporate culture with many opportunities. If you show your initiative, we will open a world for you.

This is what you will get

• Good working conditions and a market-based salary
• 25 holidays, a premium-free pension, travel allowance and more
• The option to work partially from home (3 days office, 2 days at home)
• A pleasant working atmosphere with an open culture where one’s own input and initiative will be rewarded.

About us

We are the European market leader in developing, selling, and delivering consumer products in our branche, from clothing, bags to electronical gadgets, etc. Our complete portfolio now amounts to about 12,000 articles with a 20.000 m2 warehouse. We operate B2B2B, so finished products find their way to end customers via one of our 10,000 resellers in over 100 countries.