Category/Product Manager

Category/Product Manager

CATEGORY/PRODUCT MANAGER

Enployment Type: Contract

Department: Marketing

Reports to: Product & Marketing Manager

1.       Overall purpose of the position:

1. Leading marketing efforts and relationships with suppliers for assigned product category, ensuring the flow of sales in the Subsidiary. Increase market share, sales and margin for assigned product lines.
   
   2. Duties and Responsibilities:
   Essential Duties:
   • Push sales, gross margins, return on investment and inventory turns per line
   • Support pricing strategies in order to maximize the company's margins and market share tools ensures that customers are satisfied
   • Manage product life cycle of the product category assigned
   • Assist Product & Marketing Manager in developing product-oriented promotions
   • Forecast sales, gross margins and inventory levels per month

• • Engaging the supplier on marketing initiatives ensuring the use of the funds allocated
  • Maintain reasonable inventory levels
  • Any other function previously agreed between supervisor and subordinate
  
  Other Duties:
  • Determine the demand for products and services offered and its competitors and identify potential customers
  • Advise the company of the factors affecting the buying and selling of products and services
  • Support the recruitment, training and management of relationships with resellers
  • Define promotional strategies and market positioning
  • Management of the execution of marketing plans
  • Manage vendors' initiatives
  • Sending collection, testing reports and marketing activities, price protections to the head office
  • Clearance of accounts receivable to the brand and delivering credit note to the finance department.

3. Relationships and Contacts:
Internal relations:
• Reports to the Manager of Product & Marketing
• Liaises with the Category/Business Development Managers of  other brands
• Frequent communication with buyers to ensure inventory levels

External relations:
• Responsible for the relationship with the vendor at the operational level
• Any contact with the media is expected to support public relations efforts

4. Additional Dimensions:
This position will be responsible for selling the products of the brands and try to ensure a healthy gross margin. Inventory levels will be measured in rotation and shall be in accordance with the objectives of the Cash Conversion Cycle of the corporation.

The functions mentioned above provide examples of the type of work to be performed by employees assigned to this classification of charge. The Department reserves the right to add, modify, change or terminate some tasks and make adjustments as necessary.

5. Required Skills:
Education and / or Experience:
The minimum educational requirement is Tertiary training in Business, Marketing, Sales or Information Technology.

Over 3 years’ experience in Sales, Marketing or Commerce. Ideally the prospectus will have worked as a Product Manager in IT wholesaler, manufacturer Software, any Computer or brand management company.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:
The ideal candidate will be practical and results-oriented  with a strong inclination and polished negotiation skills. Strong communication skills both written and oral are important. This person will be able to conduct business in Spanish and English.

Work Environment:
This work will be conducted primarily in a fast paced office and in the offices of our clients. Needs to be also available for travel within the country to effectively promote sales of products within the assigned category.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each task described satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.