These are some of the exciting responsibilities you can expect to meet:

• Develop overall category strategies across Travel Free business utilizing analysis and insights to maximize profitable sales and drive efficiencies in stock with a view to optimizing cost of catalogue and company cash-flow.
• Analyze category performance across individual stock keeping units to continuously develop and optimize the category assortment to maximize absolute profit per passenger incl. right pricing and overall promotion strategy.
• Analyze and understand passenger shopper trends, consumer insight and shopper categories to tailor the retail assortment mix to the passenger mix.
• Optimize sales per liner meter to ensure optimal in-store space allocation for brand/category.
• Work cross-functionally with other category managers, marketing and operations to develop execution plans for the category strategies.
• Work with suppliers and utilize supplier insights to develop the retail assortment in specific categories which are curated for local customer needs.
• Develop and agree activation plans for key initiatives incl. merchandising and promotion recommendations.

Capitalize on opportunities to enhance margins i.e. one-off and seasonal purchase and ensure orders arrive in time for peak selling seasons/events.

• Handle full product lifecycle management incl. stock management and clearance to optimize profitability.
• Monthly & Quarterly Performance Review with Action
• Monitor planogram implementation in stores to improve Category.
• Monitors and reviews category profitability.
• Define Pricing Strategy and Setting sales prices / Margin responsibility for the category.
• Actively search for new business opportunities, business models, services, or products.
• Post Promo Review and analysis and takes Actions accordingly.
• Solid customer and market understanding and develop latest trends in products by sub-category and customer patterns.
• Builds Sustainable Joint Business Plans and detail key activities for all sub-categories.
• Sets the building blocks & annual operating plan for category growth.

Benefits:

• In this role, you will get an opportunity to develop your job content, plenty of influential possibilities and responsibility as well as a very exciting job with great scope for working independently.
• We offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package to full time employees
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities for you to grow and prosper professionally
• Supportive and collaborative work environment and colleagues
• People centric culture supported by upper management
• Great location in the heart of Bucharest
• Employee Discount Purchase Program
• Office snacks and drinks