Landmark Group - Assistant Category Manager - Toys/Stationery & Sports (4-10 yrs)

Specialist- Toys, Stationery & sports is responsible for management and execution of business overseeing sales and margin delivery for Toys & Stationery categories driving category growth & profitability focusing on customer engagement through shopper-focused solutions across range, space management, pricing & promotions and build industry leading and profitable categories in Home & Living department in alignment with the 4 pillars of SPAR - Value, Freshness, Service and Choice across all SPAR Hypermarkets across the country and reports into Head - Buying & Merchandising (Home & Living)

Authority: This position is accountable for: -

- Developing buying and merchandising strategy for the Toys & Stationery division with a view towards growing sales year on year in a profitable manner.

- Ensuring alignment of the category strategy with the organizational business strategy and ensure close coordination with operations and all other functions.

- Adherence to annual budget and financial performance for the categories across Hypermarkets and ownership of the P&L of the Categories

- Implementing Business Strategies and plans for the categories in Hypermarket Retail stores across the country and other Omni channels

- Drive the Toys & Stationery categories under Private Label and increase SKUs and shares year on year.

- Deciding on Price Benchmarking of the categories, perform competition benchmarking and implement retail Best Practices and commercial processes.

- Engaging and handling key stakeholders in the category across the regulatory spectrum, promoters and competition

- Constantly work towards incorporating SPAR and other global / industry best practices into the ways of working across the categories.

Responsibility: This position is primarily responsible for:

- Responsible for driving the categories to achieve and surpass sales, profitability, margin delivery and achievement of business goals.

- Overseeing and monitoring all operational responsibilities of the Categories and support category sales via Omni channels including Online Business

- Knowledge of sourcing from across the country & internationally

- Measurement and effectiveness of all processes internal and external. Provide timely, accurate and complete reports on the operating condition of the categories across the country.

- Working in collaboration with the Operations Head, Zonal Business heads & support functions to implement category strategy

- Collaborate with the management team to develop and implement plans for the operational infrastructure of systems, SOP's and human resources designed to accommodate objectives of the organization.

- Responsible for creating seamlessness across the categories including reporting across all metrics to the management

- Build and lead a culture of excellence across the categories in all processes.