Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization
Ensure the operational excellence execution by efficiently maintaining the Article Master Data in official country ranging systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute the GTM plan for the respective categories in alignment with line manager.
- Download and prepare material of respective category during the seasonal GTM milestones.
- Assist and input on forecasting topics such as quantitative or qualitative data, segmentation, allocation etc.
- Monitor and analyse market category trends.
- Ensure operational excellence for all GTM relevant topics during the GTM process.
- Manages sample order process in alignment with Line Manager and Marketing Operations (MOPS) regional guidance.
- Tailor and review local sell-in tools to ensure consistency and drive minimization of customized solutions.
- Provide input to the line manager to get the best possible sell-in tools for the category.
- Provide commercial input (consumer, channel and market-specific needs, and business opportunities) to the line manager to meet KPIs.
- Provide all relevant KPIs reporting and any required scenario analysis for the respective categories.
- Systems expert (RMA, SAP, DMT, Sysphera) to provide support and refreshment trainings.
- Ensure system access for local teams (RMA, DMT) to facilitate categories’ job performance.
- Set up seasonal assumptions in Range simulation tool based on DP input (sysphera), and set up RMA seasonal assumptions for accurate calculations.
- Support Business Unit Categories on Ranging process by doing RMA & SAP master data checks prior to sell in start to ensure range finalization prior sell-in.
- Validate local master data in RMA (RRP / WSP/LCP / RID / Size / FC) to ensure system consistency (RMA vs Sysphera).
- Validate FC in RMA (in line with RDP) – Checks.
- Create Season records // Seasonality table // Catalog Listing & Exclusion // Perform Availability checks.
- Publish official Price list & Price list maintenance for alignment across the country.
- Ensure Master data readiness for Margin Analysis.
- Drive AFS Flag process.
Key Relationships
- CTC
- Channels
- Brand activation
- Spoma
- Omni
- Order Fulfillment
- Demand Planning
Requisite Education and Experience & Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent required in related field as Business Administration, Sales, Marketing, Engineering or similar
- 2 - 4 years of professional experience in Product or Category Management, supporting Sales Plans or Commercial analysis
- Previous experience in Retail or Consumer Goods Industry is very relevant for the role
- Strong communications & relationship management skills to work in a collaborative way with internal local and regional stakeholders, Category and Brand Managers, Sales Teams, Supply Chain Teams, between others.
- Advanced knowledge and experience with Excel and strong numerical analysis skills to identify and develop category and sales action plans that will guarantee a data driven mindset and decisions.
- Consolidated knowledge and experience wth PowerBI dashboards involving data analysis to serve ongoing business objectives, creating tangible, real action plans.
- Fluent in both Spanish (local) and English (global) both spoken and written.