About the position
Role Summary
To liaise with Commercial Divisions to create, analyze and implement customer category assortment strategies (assortment structure & ranges), and to assist in the category range optimization.
Minimum Requirements
Relevant Post graduate degree or diploma.
Advanced excel skills is essential.
Category Management/assortment experience.
Specialized knowledge of Assortment Architectures.
Blue Yonder / DotActive Assortment Optimization knowledge is an added advantage.
SAP Merchandise knowledge is an added advantage.
In-store retail experience is an added advantage.
Competencies
The ability to analyse, understand and utilise detailed information from various sources, and draw conclusions.
Affinity for numbers and comfortable with large data sets.
To clearly convey insights in a clear and concise manner.
To ensure appropriate use of standards, meet deadlines, follow up action points, monitoring mechanisms in order to exercise control over processes and quality.
The ability to plan and co-ordinate a task/activity realistically.
Can work under pressure, with a sense of urgency.
Attention to detail.
Key Responsibilities
Run category range, cluster & store performance reports weekly & share / review with buyers with a focus on managing waste.
Assess impacts of any resulting cluster moves or range changes.
Assist and provide input on category ranging decisions for determined assortments/clusters to the category buyer.
Execute and agreed range and / or assortment changes.
Create category assortment analysis projects for various categories using the relevant assortment software.
Support and inform range optimisation opportunities, interpreting available data.
Maintain high quality article, assortment, listing, and relevant vendor master data.
