Head, Category Management at Bradfield Consulting

They are currently looking for a Head of Category Management to primarily manage and coordinate the work of the category management team. Interacting with all the departments and the top management, the category manager is playing a key role within the company, driving performance, leading commercial planning and delivering state data driven analysis.
Taking the lead on the category strategic orientation and the responsibility of the category’s P&L, the Head of Category Management will bring an exceptional growth for the sales value, volume, the margin and the conversion rate. She / He will be responsible for the decisions she / he makes and will monitor her / his performance.

Our client offers:

• A unique experience in an international, entrepreneurial, yet structured environment.
• An unparalleled personal and professional improvement as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures.
• The opportunity to be part of a team full of talented people with the best backgrounds.
• Are you versatile and cool under pressure with great Leadership abilities? Does your “can do” attitude prevail over a fast-paced work environment? We are on the look-out for you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Managing a team of Category Managers and Merchandizers.
• Delivering growth on your categories, leveraging on the power of the marketplace, bringing direction, feedback and support to the commercial team.
• Ensuring the company always has for the customer, the right products at the best price, at the right position.
• Understanding all your market segments, vendors and customers, bringing valuable insights and convictions to support your data driven commercial recommendations.
• Building analysis, flying high and diving deep, to ensure smart reporting on the performance of your categories, leading to action oriented recommendations.
• Owning the merchandising of the company's website, optimizing the placement of our products to deliver on every levels of their strategy.
• Working seamlessly with all departments (Commercial, Marketing, Onsite, Operations...), enabling decision making, problem solving and ensuring laser focus execution.
• Leading massive and complex commercial operations and project management initiatives, coordinating effectively cross functions initiatives.
• Constantly working toward improving and simplifying our tools.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Excellent Leadership skills.
• Action oriented and results driven.
• Strong analytical and data management skill.
• Strong inter-personal skills: Convince the people and your team that you are making the right decisions.
• Fast learner.
• Well organized.
• Resistant to stress.
• Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Top Business / Engineering Schools and Universities.
• A significant experience in management consulting, venture capital, company creation or category management (retail) would be appreciated.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Excel (VBA would be plus).
• Ability to analyse large data sets to make strategic decisions.