Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Act as the business owner across different allocated categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the foodpanda business
- Ownership of team OKRs including key metrics such as Topline, Margins, NMR and shrinkage
- Must develop and execute optimal category strategy, pricing, promotions, range, availability, and cost prices to expand both sales and margin
- Ensure foodpanda categories has the optimal selection and strategically competitive prices in the market through local and international sourcing
- Source and build strong supplier base to negotiate terms improvement, secure supplier advertising spend, and ensure a reliable and operationally effective flow of goods
- Work to develop new sourcing and extended range to ensure we have high quality, good value goods available to our customers year-round
- Ensure progress on Private Label & Imports (For Grocery & Non-Food Categories)
- Employ data-driven decision making to drive the category while working closely with marketing and supply chain to forecast demand and ensure consistent supply
- Partner with supply chain team to manage inventory levels and wastage
- Work cross functionally with Product, Supply Chain, Sales Operations and Marketing to deliver strategic projects
- Conduct regular business reviews & JBPs with key AAA suppliers
- Deep dive into categories to understand best and worst practices and subsequently develop and execute short and long term strategies to drive category performance
- Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure OKRs are met
- Lead and develop the team to ensure excellence in execution, to develop people skills & career development
What you need to be successful
- Around 8 years experience or more in merchandising or buying and category management
- Knowledge in E-commerce is a plus
- Superb business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management (both internal and external)
- Ability to work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills
- Expertise in interpreting data and providing strategic recommendations
- Fluency in English (our corporate language) and strong communication skills
- Efficiency in using Google Workspace is a plus while mastery in using Microsoft Office is preferred
