Category Manager FMCG (Trưởng Phòng Mua Hàng FMCG)

• Understand P&L responsibility for a range of products under your control including revenue, margins.
• Employ data-driven decision-making to develop and execute optimal, pricing, promotions, range, and availability strategies to expand both sales and margin.
• Drive cost recovery through the reduction of excess waste and improve sustainability & health metrics
• Provide insight to the sales team and work closely with marketing and supply chain to forecast demand and ensure consistent supply
• Provide timely, accurate and actionable performance reviews and insights to the commercial & wider management teams, including latest competitor and market trends
• Identify product range options & develop sustainable and profitable growth
• Develop promotional calendars
• Delivery of competitor analysis, market trends, and associated commentary to the Leadership team.
• Produce models to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors.
• Evaluating previous budgets, expenditures to develop and implement future budgets.
• Experience in creating concepts and processes and quickly drive change in a multi-cultural environment.

Attitude & behaviours required

• Perseverance. The pace is fast, and challenges will get more complex.
• Teamworkand relationship management skills. You will need to work with many internal stakeholders and suppliers to achieve the best possible outcome.
• A love for numbersand strong attention to detail that drives accurate, data-driven decision-making.
• Sound logic and reasoning, even under pressure. Decisions need to be handled rationally in the best interest of our customers and exceptions will need to be managed with extreme discretion.
• Foresight. This role has significant downstream impact and every decision will send ripples throughout the business. We will always need to put the customers first, but without creating unsustainable business practices.
• Financial savviness. Able to relate initiatives and activities to impact business costs, profitability and cash flow
• Ownership. You will be empowered to make decisions and follow through with all responsibilities.
• Excellentverbal and written communication
• Prior experience in the industry is preferred but not mandatory.
• Track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management (both internal and external).
• Have a creative sensibility and understanding of current industry trends.

Qualifications needed

• Total 6-8 years experience in FMCG category management with at least 2 years at similar level. Experiences in retail, wholesales, ecommerce is a big advantage
• Graduate/ Postgraduate from a top-tier university with outstanding academic achievements, preferably in Business, Finance or another qualified achievement
• Ability to work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills.
• Ability to present complex information in a simplified manner and clear logic.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Mastery of MS Office (particularly Excel and PowerPoint) is preferred.
• Fluent in English and Vietnamese with great communication skills (both oral and written), passion and energy

• Salary and other remunerations: Competitive
• Insurance package aligned with Vietnamese law
• Annual company trip
• Granted facilities
• Many extracurricular activities
• Young and professional working environment.