Category Manager

Are you interested in dealing with the unique and strategic challenges of the 21st century in a professional and growth nurturing business environment?

MOL Romania, member of MOL Group, is looking for a highly motivated and experienced
Category Manager
to join our team in Bucharest. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end management of assigned product categories. This includes developing category strategies based on the 4P elements (Product/Price/Placement/ Promotion), analysing market trends, managing vendor relationships and optimizing product assortment to maximize sales and profitability.

Location: Bucharest, Romania

As a Category Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

• Develop and implement category strategy to drive growth, market share and profitability (based on overall company and commercial strategy); Prepares and leads commercial negotiations of non-fuel goods and services with suppliers
• Build and maintain strong business relationship with suppliers, collaborates on joint business plans, new product launches and promotional activities
• Define, manage and optimize assortment, launching exclusive offers and dedicated innovations; Defines and executes optimal pricing strategy for the category
• Contribute to the design of layouts to maximize retail store space, sales and profit; Plan and execute marketing activities in cooperation with Retail Marketing function
• Monitor and analyse category performance and creates action plans and activities for underperforming categories or products; Supervises and re-assesses continuously the Category results vs annual business plan targets
• Keep track of latest customer and industry trends, competitor activities; Actively search for new ideas to develop category
• Become the expert of the related categories through visiting competitors, convenience shops, and analysing internal and external data
• Collaborate with Group Gastro team to ensure strategic projects and daily operations align with group standards

To be successful in the role, you should have:

• University / college degree, Economics or Business degree
• Min. 5 years of relevant offer or category management experience in a multinational supplier / retailer company in key account manager or category manager position. Experience with cross country cooperation is advantage.
• Fluent business English is a must, MS Office Package
• Entrepreneurial and commercial mind-set, excellent communication and negotiation skills, customer focused, strong analytical skills
• Proven track record in: Grocery / Non-Food business, Network development, Driving sales gains through application of Category Management, Project management

What is in it for you?

MOL fosters a collaborative work environment focused on people, customers and you`ll have the chance to work in one of the biggest and most dynamic companies in Romania.

You'll work in a fast-paced, international environment and you`ll have the opportunity to leave your footprint on supporting business growth.

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Additionally, we offer:

• Great international work environment, supportive team
• Business exposure & career opportunities
• Our benefits package includes private medical subscription, meal tickets, significant sports subscription discount, MOL Move VIP level, fresh corner coffee, refreshments and fruits on the house

MOL Group is an independent and international oil and gas company active in over 40 countries with a dynamic international workforce and a track record of more than 100 years in the industry. We are proud of the company culture we've built as we've grown to over employees globally to make MOL Group a place that people love to come to work every day.