Senior Category Manager - Home & Electrical

Clicks Group Limited

Cape Town

On-site

ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Clicks Group Limited in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Category Manager - Home & Electrical to lead category strategy, optimize supplier terms, and drive profitability through private label and exclusive brands.

You will develop category plans, negotiate terms, analyse performance, and collaborate with marketing and Clubcard to deliver value. Requires 4-6 years in Category Management and strong financial acumen.

Qualifications

B Degree or Diploma in Retail, Purchasing Management or similar (Essential)
Procurement and Supply Chain knowledge
Strong Financial/Business acumen with a merchant mindset
Planning and organisational skills
Ability to build strong supplier relationships
Competency in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint
Verbal and written communication
Problem solving and analytical thinking
Strategic thinking and decision making
Project management
Training facilitation

Responsibilities

Develop and implement a category plan to optimise cost of goods, terms and revenue.
Negotiate favourable trading terms and co-op spend; maintain vendor relationships.
Source new suppliers and manage existing supplier networks.
Execute plans to meet price, promotion and revenue targets.
Translate financial plans into balanced product assortment and in-store displays.
Support private label and exclusive brands development for differentiation.
Review performance metrics like sales and margins against plans.
Conduct range reviews and track market trends and competitor activity.
Collaborate with marketing and Clubcard for effective plan delivery.
Support Merchandise and Graduate Development programmes with training sessions

Skills

Financial acumen

Planning & organisation

Supplier relationships

Communication (verbal & written)

Problem solving & analytics

Strategic thinking

Decision making

Project management

Training facilitation

Education

B Degree or Diploma in Retail, Purchasing Management or similar

Tools

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Category Manager - Home & Electrical

Listing reference: click_025743

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 26 July 2026

Position summary

Industry: Wholesale & Retail Trade

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

About our company

Clicks Group

Introduction

To develop and execute the category strategy in order to achieve and exceed the category financial targets through rapidly accelerating category depth, strengthen pricing strategy and driving private label and exclusive Brands thereby creating product differentiation and innovation to increase market share and profitability.

Responsibilities

To develop and implement a category plan for specific product ranges to ensure reduced cost of goods, optimise contract terms and increase income, assume responsibility of budget and revenue for category.
To negotiate favourable trading terms and promotional spend (co-op), actively cultivate, develop and maintain vendor relationships and partnerships to ensure vendor performance and first to market with new product launches.
To maintain relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future products lines.
To implement a plan that will achieve the Clicks' value proposition through price and promotion whilst achieving promotional sales targets.
To translate the operating and financial plans into a balanced product assortment and visual on-shelf display to meet the customer’s needs
To support the sourcing and development of private label products and exclusive brands thereby creating product differentiation, innovation and brand loyalty that will increase market share and profitability.
To regularly review performance indicators, such as sales, margin and promo quantification, keeping the business updated on financial performance versus market and plan.
To conduct range reviews, analyse consumer buying patterns, predict future trends and stay abreast with competitor activity.
To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including marketing and Clubcard to ensure effective delivery of the operating plan.
To support both the Merchandise and Graduate Development Programme by playing an active role in facilitating training sessions to embed sound procurement principles and commercial awareness.

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