We are experts in the Beauty Retail Sector with a high level of expertise in both sales and marketing and an unrivalled international retailing client portfolio that gives us access to over 10,000 points of sale across Europe.
Over 4000 SKUs across 100+ retailers, with 5 million products reaching consumers annually.
We know how to take young, disruptive beauty brands and turn them into international success stories.
Your role as a Category Manager will see you being responsible for creating and managing our range of product assortments in-store and online. You will focus on the consumer, their needs and how they shop our brands. Working closely with our Head of Marketing, our talented sales, marketing, business analyst and comms teams you will maximise our brand sales in-store and online through assortment management, engaging POS and stands for our consumer's shopping journey.
Key Responsibilities
* Creation & ongoing management of all permanent product assortments
* Creating insights from sales & market data, resulting in strategic range decisions including delisted SKU proposals and New SKU introductions
* Develop pricing strategies for assortments, considering competitive set whilst maximizing sales and profit aligned to KPIs
* Design and development of all in-store permanent stands to optimize the brand in-store and support the consumer shopping experience
* Analyse market dynamics, trends and track competitor’ activity
* Work alongside the Sales Team to drive sales according to the retailer specific Trade Marketing Plans.
* Assist and participate at internal and external company events
* To remain abreast of industry trends, digital developments and feed in new thinking
* Creation and delivery of marketing materials & content, particularly producing effective point-of-sale material to drive brand/category/product awareness
Skills and Experience
* You will have experience in a previous category management or buying role, ideally within the cosmetics / beauty.
* You will have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where hard work, determination and resilience are key.
* Excellent organisational and planning skills
* Great verbal and written skills, with the confidence to build strong working relationships with key stakeholders
* A passion for the beauty
* You must enjoy working with numbers and be used to a large number of SKUs, working with Microsoft Excel as well as PowerPoint.
* Must speak Spanish and English with additional languages an advantage
Albert Roger Group is a pan-European Health & Beauty Company, bringing a portfolio of innovative and exciting beauty brands to both consumers and retailers across Europe.