Category Manager (Healthcare Product)

A. RESPONSIBILITIES:

To be responsible for delivering the merchandise strategy for the healthcare category, ensuring that sales, profit, and income generation targets are met.

This job holder is also responsible for exploring and seeking opportunities to enhance Guardian as a trusted healthcare product and pharmacy in Vietnam

To be accountable for staff development & training pertaining to improving the practice standards pharmacy & health-related aspects

To establish & develop communication links within the healthcare industry and to the public to ensure a strong presence of Guardian as a premier pharmacy chain

Develop & growth Health care Category about Assortment/ Sale/ Profit/Training knowledge for Frontline for online & offline channels, including but not limited to:

1)Sales Generation

-Generate sales by ensuring that the Guardian's target customers are provided with the products and services they want.

-Seek innovative products sourced throughout the world to provide newness and interest in the Guardian's offer.

-Develop in liaison with the marketing department attractive and interesting promotional events that follow pre-agreed selling plan.

-Work closely with retail and sales management to ensure that store layouts, promotions and display techniques are effective in maximizing sales and profit from the specific merchandise categories.

-Keep abreast of the retail environment by paying regular visits to stores and competitors and take appropriate action to ensure competitive advantage is maintained.

-Develop cataloging matrix to ensure that varying customer needs are satisfied in different localities.

2)Profit Generation

-Establish and maintain effective margin and price controls that maximize business profits whilst delivering a good value offer to the customer.

-Negotiate and work with vendors to build mutually beneficial relationships to ensure long-term strategic partnerships, leading to lower costs and higher margins.

-Maximize profit by utilizing category management techniques to manage assortments, pricing and promotion.

3)Stock Control

-Manage stock levels and mark-downs to ensure that product availability is high yet ensure that cash flow is maximized by controlling stock levels in both warehouse and stores within set targets.

-Establish and maintain effective SKU control.

4)Systems and People

-Actively exploit benefits of the new merchandise management system ensuring sales, profit and costs are effectively managed.

-Develop and train subordinates ensuring that they are customer and product-focused.

-Manage performance through the setting and reviewing of individuals performance.

-Build an effective and open working relationship both within the Merchandise Department and with other Departments.

-Assert a high level of administrative control to ensure the smooth running of the specific Merchandise Departments.

5)Dimensions

-Important quantitative items that best describe the scope of your job (eg sales volume, budgetary responsibility, number of subordinates).

-Budgeted sales, profit, income and stock levels.

6)Decision-Making Authority

-Buying for responsible categories.

-Vendor negotiations on margin, promotions and listings.

-Retail pricing

-In-store display for relevant categories.

B. REQUIREMENT:

- University/ College graduate or higher with a major in Pharmacy. Candidates with a Pharmacist degree or Pharmacist license are preferred.

- 1+ year experience in FMCG/ Pharmacy/ Pharmaceutical Retail

- Knowledge and experience in healthcare products & OTC.

- Energetic and action-orientated

- Good at Negotiation skills, Influencing skills, Analytical

- Customer-centered and Open to change

- Well planned and Forecasting.

Application:

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