Pet City Group is the leader in the pet retail market in Greece with over 35 years of presence. The Group consists of 800 employees, 94 stores, 4 online shops, and a variety of over 17.000 products, including top-of-the-line and exclusive brands. Pet City Group also offers a range of pet care services, including grooming and veterinarian care, as part of our mission to provide the best customer experience to our beloved pets and their parents. We are currently looking for a Category Manager to join our Commercial team and report directly to our Commercial Director.

 

Your role as a Category Manager:

As a Category Manager, you will be the owner of managing and delivering the strategies for our entire product range. By analyzing our beloved pets’ needs, as well as leading launch plans, vendors relationships, stock levels, and destocking campaigns with your team, you will be responsible for providing pet parents with a variety of products that will make both them and their pets happy. Your planning, forecasting, and people management skills, as well as your knowledge in category management, marketing, and sales principles, aligned with your love for pets, will help you make a difference in this role!

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading the category management strategies and sales performance for the entire product range, as well as developing and executing category-specific strategies to drive sales and profitability
• Relationship with suppliers
• Running key product mix revamp projects (sourcing, purchasing, merchandising) based on our customer needs
• Managing product launch plan and implementing it across the channels
• Setting the annual growth purchasing goals and building strong relationships with our vendors/suppliers by ensuring an efficient day to day communication with them
• Overseeing the stock levels and ensuring that we prevent overstocks and stockouts
• Suggesting destocking campaigns to efficiently achieve our objectives
• Developing and overseeing the annual buying plan on a constant basis
• Continuously monitoring the competition and identifying risks in terms of promos and pricing activities by our competitors
• Keeping track of key metrics, such us Categories Annual Growth, No of SKUs, % in-stock, stockouts and overstock per channel, ABC, inventory turnover rate etc.
• Sharing the category knowledge & building the expertise to our sales channels by developing a new training framework and evaluation platform
• Leading and mentoring Senior Category Specialists and Senior Commercial Analyst

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Management or Marketing field
• 3-5 years’ experience in a similar role; hands on experience in Product or Category Management roles is required
• Knowledge of Vision Merchandising Tools and ERP software
• Familiarity with category management, marketing and sales principles
• Competency in English (written and oral)
• Data driven and customer focused
• Analytical, forecasting, budgeting, and strategic thinking skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Time management and organizational skills
• Ability to lead a high performing team

What we offer:

💶 Competitive compensation package

🎓 Opportunities to learn and grow within a dynamic and fast-growing company

🤝 Friendly and collaborative working environment

💊 Special prices and discounts on healthcare, well-being, and insurance packages through our network of partners

🏷️ Employee discounts on our products and services

💼 Your professional and personal success is our commitment!