Category Manager
CurrentCategory manager Business Area Wood. Main focus is to provide the Beijer retailer chain and sales organization/B2B clients with the best supplier and brand solutions. Including tasks as; strategic sourcing, developing appropriate strategies for supplier brands as well as private label. This includes cooperation on a strategic as well as detailed level with several “stakeholders” within the Stark Nordic supplier organization (member of the Nordic category team)."Daily tasks";• Managing the portfolio of the different retails brands and developing appropriate strategies for each (own PL as well as supplier brands).• Providing the Beijer retailer chain clients and sales organization with customer (B2B and B2C) focused insights regarding the products within the category.• Driving category relationships with the retailer chain as well as with the category suppliers.• Category ranging, pricing and promotions across the chain and sales organization.• Managing category management projects to optimise ranges and related merchandising.• Working alongside customer and national accounts teams to translate customer insights into strategies which drive performance.• Working closely with sales, buying, marketing, merchandising and the logistic teams within Beijer.Beijer AB is the biggest B2B Retailer chains for building material in Sweden . Turnover > 10 billion Sek and the company has 2700 employees.Beijer is part of Stark group, which is the leading supplier of building material as well as building services within Europe and UK.
