101 Category Manager jobs in Cape Town

Who are we: A global leader employing around 5,000 people across 50 countries and serving industrial manufacturing, construction and consumer markets.

Who are we looking for: A Category Manager with product experience.

Role Overview:

The Category Manager is responsible for developing and executing a 5-year strategic plan and annual rollout for consumer product categories. The role focuses on global product management, innovation, pricing strategy, packaging and aligning with regional and global marketing teams. You’ll work closely with internal departments like R&D, Supply Chain and Manufacturing and support regional market development and performance tracking.

What will you do:

• Define margin levels, retail pricing and positioning
• Lead product development (NPD) and innovation processes
• Oversee packaging design and branding consistency
• Conduct competitive and market analysis; support trade execution
• Packaging / layout design
• Travel for research, meetings, events and customer visits
• Within the matrix, you will collaborate with regions, exports, manufacturing, supply chain, R&D and other BUs
• 5-year strategic category / channel plan
• Annual roll-out plan
• Turnover and GP/ MVC performance of the category
• Global category/channel marketing budget

What you need:

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in Marketing, Business or related field
• 4–6 years in a marketing role; multinational experience preferred
• Strong English communication skills
• Experience with market research (quantitative and qualitative)
• Knowledge of DIY, retail, or related consumer markets is beneficial

Personal Skills:

• Strategic thinker, strong communicator and team player
• Analytical with attention to detail
• Able to manage projects independently in a fast-paced environment
• Creative and commercially-minded

SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy and all genders are welcome. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application.

Our Merchandise Department is looking for a detail-oriented, media-savvy, and data-driven Junior Category Manager who wants to grow in our environment and be part of the fast-paced world of Sports Fashion. You will provide the South African consumer with the hottest sport fashion trends along with Teamsport and Motorsport partners.

You will love fashion as much as you do admin and number crunching, and you will combine these loves with your ability to network at key events and interact with customers.

If this excites you and you have at least two years of experience in a similar role, then this position is for you, where you can focus on Teamsport and Motorsport within our Merchandise Department.

• At least two years of experience in a similar or related role within fashion retail.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Understanding of trends and market insights.
• A multitasker who finds joy in both the creative and administrative sides whilst being deadline-driven.

This will enable you to perform effectively in the role:

• Create and forecast seasonal product assortments leveraging market knowledge with competitive and market-related pricing.
• Partner with sales and marketing teams to ensure seasonal plans align with company goals and initiatives.
• Present seasonal plans and product assortments to various internal and external partners.
• Analyze product, consumer trends, pricing, and competitor information regularly and utilize this knowledge to make informed decisions.
• Align global strategy with locally relevant seasonal product assortments.

PUMA supports over 19,000 employees across 120+ countries. The PUMA Group owns the brands PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is a core principle at PUMA, and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

YOUR MISSION

Our Merchandise Department is looking for a detail orientated, media savvy and data driven Junior Category Manager who wants to grow in our environment, and be part of the fast paced world of Sports Fashion. You will be providing the South African consumer with the hottest sport fashion trends along with the Teamsport and Motorsport partners.

You will love fashion as much as you do admin and number crunching, and you will combine these loves with your ability to network at key events and interact with customers.

If this excites you and you have had at least two years experience in a similar role then this for you, where you can focus on Teamsport and Motorsport within our Merchandise Department.

YOUR TALENT

At least two years experience in a similar or related role within fashion retail.

Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Power Point.

Strong communication and presentation skills

Understanding of trends and market insights

A multitasker that finds joy in both the creative and admin side whilst being deadline driven.

This will allow you to perform in the role.

Create and forecast seasonal product assortments leveraging market knowledge with competitive and market related pricing

Partner with sales and marketing teams to ensure seasonal plans align with company goals and initiatives

Present seasonal plans and product assortments to various internal and external partners.

Analysis of product, consumer trends, pricing, and competitor information at regular intervals and utilise this knowledge to make informed decisions

Global strategy alignment with locally relevant season product assortment

SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine. Applying for a job at PUMA is easy. Simply click APPLY ONLINE and follow the steps to upload your application.

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Faithful to Nature is a market leader in the online natural product retail space with the mission of improving the health of our customers and our planet. We’re home to analysts, creatives, activists, and innovators. We believe in doing things differently and are busy pioneering the natural health wellness industry. From our humble beginnings, we’ve grown to service thousands of loyal customers across South Africa, we’re now a late-stage startup looking to scale our business and stamp our mark on South Africa’s retail sector!

We are looking for an Assistant Category Manager who will be responsible for handling admin related tasks and providing a support function for the category managers so that the overall targets of the department can be achieved namely category growth and margin targets.

The tasks are listed but not limited to the below:

New product and vendor sourcing

• Making contact with identified vendors to request their product and pricing lists, barcodes and other information as requested by the category managers.
• Populate the respective sheets with the new product details and pricing as received from the supplier
• Manage and the general admin on the go live tab, by ensuring the payment terms are signed, returned and filed, barcodes are received and added to the sheet.
  
  

• Making contact with suppliers to source category promotions in line with the marketing calendar and the overall category targets.
• Add promotions as agreed in supplier meetings to the promotions sheet.
  
  

• Handle all pricing tasks in Acumatica.
• Manage all pricing uploads into Acumatica while ensuring alignment to margin targets/
• Send price increase templates to suppliers and communicate the date of price increases to the category managers as well as to the planning team.
• Ensure that all price increases are saved in the corresponding folders for reference
• Ensure that margin for the category is maintained at all times.
  
  

• Nurture supplier relationships at every touchpoint through professional and kind communication.
• Attend supplier meetings, as requested by category managers, take notes and handle next steps like sending pricing sheets, logging of promotions etc.
  
  

• Being open and flexible to integrate ad hoc requests from the category managers into the daily/weekly/monthly workflow.
  
  

• Timeous sourcing of specials and ensuring that the category manager and marketing team is in the loop should the finalising of a special is not be running on time.
• Kind and professional communication with all stakeholders.
• Timeous and accurate handling of price updates as well as pricing tasks.
• Timeous responses across all communication channels and stakeholders.
• Proactive thinking across all areas of responsibility within this role.
  
  

• Relevant degree or experience in category management, buying or planning
• Ecommerce and/or retail experience
• Experience with handling supplier relationships
• Negotiation experience
• Solid understanding of margin
• Knowledge of natural & organic products beneficial
• Strong track record of being able to work independently and within a team environment
  
  

• Accountability: Showing ownership and responsibility for your performance, actions, and outcomes.
• Collaboration: Building relationships with colleagues, customers, and suppliers, and contributing to effective team performance.
• Initiative: Showing curiosity, spotting gaps, finding new and better ways to do things
• Adaptability : Understanding changes in tasks, projects in a fast paced environment.
• Communication: Effectively exchanging information with team members, customers and suppliers.
• Attendance: Being present during working hours.

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Other

• Job function Marketing and Sales
• Industries Technology, Information and Internet

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Faithful to Nature is a market leader in the online natural product retail space with the mission of improving the health of our customers and our planet. We’re home to analysts, creatives, activists, and innovators. We believe in doing things differently and are busy pioneering the natural health wellness industry. From our humble beginnings, we’ve grown to service thousands of loyal customers across South Africa, we’re now a late-stage startup looking to scale our business and stamp our mark on South Africa’s retail sector!

We are looking for anAssistant Category Manager who will be responsible for handling admin related tasks and providing a support function for the category managers so that the overall targets of the department can be achieved namely category growth and margin targets.

The tasks are listed but not limited to the below:

New product and vendor sourcing

• Making contact with identified vendors to request their product and pricing lists, barcodes and other information as requested by the category managers.
• Populate the respective sheets with the new product details and pricing as received from the supplier
• Manage and the general admin on the go live tab, by ensuring the payment terms are signed, returned and filed, barcodes are received and added to the sheet.
  

Sourcing of promotional offers

• Making contact with suppliers to source category promotions in line with the marketing calendar and the overall category targets.
• Add promotions as agreed in supplier meetings to the promotions sheet.

Pricing administration

• Handle all pricing tasks in Acumatica.
• Manage all pricing uploads into Acumatica while ensuring alignment to margin targets/
• Send price increase templates to suppliers and communicate the date of price increases to the category managers as well as to the planning team.
• Ensure that all price increases are saved in the corresponding folders for reference
• Ensure that margin for the category is maintained at all times.

Supplier Relationships

• Nurture supplier relationships at every touchpoint through professional and kind communication.
• Attend supplier meetings, as requested by category managers, take notes and handle next steps like sending pricing sheets, logging of promotions etc.

Ad hoc Tasks

• Being open and flexible to integrate ad hoc requests from the category managers into the daily/weekly/monthly workflow.

KPIs:

• Timeous sourcing of specials and ensuring that the category manager and marketing team is in the loop should the finalising of a special is not be running on time.
• Kind and professional communication with all stakeholders.
• Timeous and accurate handling of price updates as well as pricing tasks.
• Timeous responses across all communication channels and stakeholders.
• Proactive thinking across all areas of responsibility within this role.
  

Experience and Skills:

• Relevant degree or experience in category management, buying or planning
• Ecommerce and/or retail experience
• Experience with handling supplier relationships
• Negotiation experience
• Solid understanding of margin
• Knowledge of natural & organic products beneficial
• Strong track record of being able to work independently and within a team environment

General Requirements in the role:

• Accountability: Showing ownership and responsibility for your performance, actions, and outcomes.
• Collaboration: Building relationships with colleagues, customers, and suppliers, and contributing to effective team performance.
• Initiative: Showing curiosity, spotting gaps, finding new and better ways to do things
• Adaptability : Understanding changes in tasks, projects in a fast paced environment.
• Communication: Effectively exchanging information with team members, customers and suppliers.
• Attendance: Being present during working hours.

Job category: Other: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

We are looking to recruit a Category Manager to work within the Health department of Clicks. The role will be based at Clicks Head Office in Cape Town and will report to the Portfolio Manager.

Job Purpose:

To achieve and exceed the category financial targets through the successful development and implementation of a category operating plan by actively cultivating, developing and maintaining vendor relationships in line with the business objectives.

Job Objectives:

1. To develop an annual category operating plan in line with the strategic category brief and lead the category team to achieve the category operating plan targets.
2. To negotiate multi-category trading terms and promotional spend (co-op) and actively cultivate and develop vendor relationships and partnerships to ensure vendor performance and first to market with new product launches.
3. To negotiate and select promotional products and price to meet the promotional category sales and margin targets, whilst ensuring that the day-to-day sales and margin targets are met.
4. To translate the operating and financial plans into a balanced product assortment and on-shelf layout to meet the customers’ needs.
5. To drive exclusive brands thereby creating product differentiation and innovation to increase market share and profitability.
6. To manage the achievement of Private Label targets, thereby creating product differentiation, innovation and brand loyalty to increase market share and profitability.
7. To sign off and approve the category financial plan to achieve the divisional financial plan.
8. To define the category pricing and promotions strategy to ensure we meet the customer’s needs and remain competitive in the market.
9. To accelerate the growth of the Sports Supplements category in line with the business objectives.

Qualifications and Experience:

1. 2-5 years’ experience in Retail Buying is essential.
2. People management is essential.
3. Diploma in Purchasing/Retail/Marketing/Financial Management is desirable.
4. 2-5 years’ experience in FMCG category desirable.

Skills, Abilities and Job Related Knowledge:

1. Knowledge and understanding of the buying business processes.
2. Good understanding of developing a category operating plan and identifying strategic opportunities.
3. Knowledge of market trends and competitor analysis.
4. Knowledge and understanding of assortment management.
5. Knowledge and understanding of supplier co-op negotiations and trading terms.
6. Knowledge of financial planning.
7. Knowledge of Sports, Slimming and Nutrition products.
8. Formulating Strategies and Concepts.
9. Analyzing.
10. Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking.
11. Relating and Networking.
12. Planning and Organizing.
13. Deciding and Initiating Action.
14. Learning and Researching.