Category Manager (Cosmetics)

Guardian Health and Beauty Sdn Bhd; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Health and Beauty Sdn Bhd is seeking an experienced Category Manager to drive sales in health & beauty merchandising across Guardian stores in Malaysia. You will generate sales by delivering the products customers want and source innovative products worldwide.

Lead promotions with marketing, collaborate with space planning, visual merchandising and store operations, manage stock and pricing, and build strong vendor partnerships to maximize margins and value for customers.

Qualifications

• University Degree or Diploma
• Minimum of 8 years' experience in Merchandising specializing in health & beauty
• Solid experience as Buyer handling multiple suppliers
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, communicate effectively, work under pressure, and prioritize tasks
• Good communication skills, negotiation and strong personality
• Demonstrated problem solving and decision making
• Excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player
• Independent, hardworking and self-motivated.
• Proficient in MS Office including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Generate sales by ensuring Guardian target customers are provided with the products they want.
• Seek innovative product sources worldwide to provide newness and interest.
• Develop promotions with marketing per pre-agreed selling plan.
• Work with space planning, visual merchandising and store ops to maximize sales and profit.
• Visit stores and competitors to maintain competitive advantage.
• Establish and maintain margin and price controls to maximize profits while delivering value.
• Negotiate with vendors to build long-term partnerships for lower costs and higher margins.
• Manage stock levels and markdowns to ensure availability and cash flow.
• Exploit merchandise management system to manage sales, profit and costs.

Skills

Category Management

Merchandising

Vendor negotiations

Communication

Team player

Education

University Degree

Diploma

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Is this your next challenge in Category Management?

Generate sales by ensuring that Guardian target customers are provided with the products that they want.

Seek innovative product sources throughout the world to provide newness and interest in the Guardian offer.

Develop in liaison with the marketing department attractive and interesting promotion events that follow a pre-agreed selling plan.

Work closely with space planning, visual merchandising and store operations teams to ensure that store layouts, promotions and display techniques are effective in maximizing sales and profit from the specific merchandise categories.

Keep abreast of the retail environment by paying regular visits to stores and competitors and take appropriate action to ensure competitive advantage is maintained.

Establish and maintain effective margin and price controls that maximize business profits whilst delivering a good value offer to the customer.

Negotiate and work with vendors to build mutually beneficial relationships to ensure long-term strategic partnerships, leading to lower costs and higher margins.

Manage stock levels and markdowns to ensure that product availability is high yet ensure that cash flow is maximized by controlling stock levels in both warehouse and stores within set targets.

Actively exploit benefits of merchandise management system ensuring sales, profit and costs are effectively managed.

Do you have experience in Category Management?

Educational Qualifications: University Degree or Diploma

Professional Experience : Minimum of 8 years' experience in Merchandising specializing in health & beauty category

Solid experience as Buyer handling multiple suppliers

Soft Skills : Demonstrated ability to work independently, communicate effectively, work under pressure, and prioritize tasks effectively to meet deadlines

Good communication skills, negotiation and strong personality

Demonstrated problem solving and decision making

Excellent interpersonal skills and be a team player

Independent, hardworking and self-motivated.

Proficient in MS Office including MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

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Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following Microsoft Office products are you experienced with?
• Do you have visual merchandising experience?
• What's your expected monthly basic salary?
• How many years' experience do you have as a category manager?
• Do you have retail buying experience?
• How much notice are you required to give your current employer?

Health & Beauty Retail More than 10,000 employees

guardian is Malaysia's leading health, beauty, and personal care chain, trusted by customers for offering high-quality products at great value. Over five decades of commitment and service have solidified this trust, beginning with the very first guardian store, a modest 200 square feet at The Weld, Kuala Lumpur, 57 years ago.Today, guardian operates more than 600 stores across high streets, popular shopping malls, and through our e-commerce platform. guardian is now part of the DFI Retail Group, a leading pan-Asian retailer with operations in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

guardian is Malaysia's leading health, beauty, and personal care chain, trusted by customers for offering high-quality products at great value. Over five decades of commitment and service have solidified this trust, beginning with the very first guardian store, a modest 200 square feet at The Weld, Kuala Lumpur, 57 years ago.Today, guardian operates more than 600 stores across high streets, popular shopping malls, and through our e-commerce platform. guardian is now part of the DFI Retail Group, a leading pan-Asian retailer with operations in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.