Sr. Manager - Merchandise (Pharmacy)

Key Responsibility:

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

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

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

• Ensure great product availability for our customers and simplify the operation processes where possible.

• Manage Fresh Food consignment sales to get the product in front of customers for new/existing products, new sales channels opportunity, striving to drive footfall

• Encourage my 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

• Lead or support complex negotiations by my buying team meeting regularly with our supply base

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

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

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

• Forecast and manage my budgets effectively, always being cost conscious and Stock monitoring/Improve customer working collaboration

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

• Coach and develop my team to deliver their performance and ensure a strong talent pipeline

• Encourage my team to always update product knowledge, new item in market and trends so we always deliver the greater shopping experience for customer to ensure my category is a great place to work and lead the viewpoint plan for my team

• Develop and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best to achieve KPIs and improve

Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Pharmacy, Pharmacist license's would be a plus.

• Strong process orientation and scalable solutions to complex problems

• Strong leadership skill and high resilience

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

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

• Experience in working cross functionally to deliver step change projects

• Leading a team and understanding of country and global supply chain products