Head of Commercial Merchandise - Electrical & IOT

Key Responsibility:

• Being the product champion for Electronic & IOT Business area, leading by example with passion and creativity

• Delivering category plans, shaping the short-term & long-term strategy; forward thinking & delivering for our customers

• Leading category to be integral from initial concept & enabling collaboration across the wider business

• Continually reviewing category performance to improve the customer offer and reduce cost

• Leading the teams to deliver financial targets, accurate sales and quantum profit budgets for the category

• Supporting the category strategy review process and strategic change programmes, translating the strategy into clear plans for team to drive category growth

• Working with Product, Supply Chain and Operation teams to deliver continuous improvements, great service levels

• Developing and driving new business model/channel to accelerate category growth

• Ensuring team to have great product availability for our customers and simplify the operation processes where possible

• Encouraging team to build long term supplier relationships, improving the trading position in a sustainable way and oversee the selling and buying plan ensuring there is supplier strategy to meet the total category plan

• Leading or supporting complex negotiations by my buying team meeting regularly with our supply base

• Challenging team to create great customer focused ranges and product innovation across all formats, channels and affluence levels, supported by the right sourcing plan

• Reviewing and responding to weekly trading results and competitor actions, ensuring price is competitive for our customers and profitable

• Supporting the category trade and events plan with market leading, customer insight driven promotions and events

• Forecasting and managing budgets effectively, always being cost conscious and Stock monitoring/Improve customer working collaboration

• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

• Coaching and developing team to deliver their performance and ensure a strong talent pipeline

• Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best to achieve KPIs and improve the category for customers

Qualifications:

• 7-10 years of related work experience in commercial with extensive experience in Retail Business/General Merchandise would be preferable

• Bachelors' degree or higher

• Familiar with Electronics business management, high complexity and fast paced environment

• Strong process orientation and scalable solutions to complex problems

• Strong leadership skill and high resilience

• Negotiation, Supplier management, Stakeholder management, Data analysis and Leadership skills

• Category Management and Commercial Acumen as well as developing Category Strategy

• Experience in working cross functionally to deliver step change projects

• Leading a team to strategically achieve business targets