Senior Category Specialist in München

• Drive 4P strategy for online (incl. portfolio, pricing, promotions, stock planning)




• Drive the right online product portfolio:




• Translate performance results, market dynamics and customers’ needs to the right portfolio mix




• Identify product opportunities for our online business – including definition of the optimal mix and exclusives opportunities




• Drive product lifecycle




• Forecast key products supply




• Price:




• Drive the appropriate pricing strategy for the products across the non-FSM categories based on performance and market dynamics;




• Coordinate the pricing matrix for B2B online platform




• Promotions: work with data and sales teams to drive best practices in product promotions and help deliver a market-leading execution of defined campaign plans.




• Planning: coordinate product lifecycle management; coordinate with supply chain, integrating with regional planning processes to optimise alignment and maximise planning efficiency

Requirements

Candidates must be comfortable with data and complex portfolios, great relationship builders and collaborators, impactful and inspiring people managers. You will need to build and optimise multiple stakeholders relationships across the business, and outside of digital commerce. The success of this role depends in many ways on different teams’ full support and collaboration. This is a high-impact opportunity to drive results in a challenging but rewarding landscape. Candidates must demonstrate the following qualifications:

• E-commerce experience leadership




• 5+ years of previous eCommerce experience. Prefer experience working at a large scale eCommerce business.




• Proven track record in managing product portfolio and planning / category management




• Strong coordination skills to solve problems involved in multifunctional teams




• Demonstrated ability to deliver results in fast-paced environment where innovation is expected




• Portfolio and pricing management (4P)




• Fluency in working with tobacco and tobacco-related or FMCG portfolios, product lifecycle, ordering supply




• Ability to create or challenge pricing and promotion models




• Depth of understanding of the tobacco and tobacco-related market




• Project Management




• Previous experience managing large and small projects concurrently




• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential




• Strong self-initiative with the ability to identify areas of improvement with little direction.




• Communication




• Excellent communication skills both in German & English




• Possess a positive attitude and ability to work in a collaborative team environment




• Problem Solving/Analytical Thinking




• Excellent problem-solving skills and innovative thinking are required to maximize results and productivity




• Strong track record of performance analytics and making data driven decisions to continually optimize and drive revenue




• Ability to deal with organizational ambiguity and change