Category Manager

* Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in managing Beauty, skin care, nutrition / wellness brands or category of products.

* Develop category and subcategory strategies: brand & product assortment, manage margin, pricing competitiveness, sales and promotions, while driving sales and profit margin.

*  To maintain effective merchandise planning: including expanding product assortment, new brands suggestion, and seasonal/exclusive merchandise.

*  Keep updated on industry development with an ability to analyze past data and forecast market trends.

Improvement and optimization of assortments. Scout new brands to nurture Life Pharmacy as the health and wellness destination.

*  Train & develop Sales Associates to Drive sales across all retail stores to achieve targets and ensure business profitability.

*  Forecast manpower requirement and optimize manpower utilization through appropriate staff allocation, leave management, performance evaluation, incentive allocation etc.

*  Design & implement strategic sales campaigns with pharmacies, malls, fitness centers, supermarket brands, sports academy, clubs etc to increase store footfalls.

*  Implement category promotion offers/schemes in coordination with Ops team

Work with inventory management to ensure flow to distribution centers & retail outlet to mitigate out of stocks, spoils, excess supply situation