• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Category Manager



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 5 - 7 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field Data, Business Analysis and AI 
  
  

Duties & Responsibilities

•  Data Analysis: Analyze inventory data and sales data to make business decisions on stock replenishments, consolidations and buying.


• Category Management: Own assigned categories, identify trends, and provide data-driven recommendations to improve category profitability and growth.


• Products Ownership and Merchandise Planning: Manage the creation, distribution, movement and sales of new and existing products across stores.


• Information dissemination: Provision of information on stock required for each season, management of different intake by department, class, and age range.


• Track and manage must-have assortments across assigned categories.


• Performance Analysis and reporting: Analyze performance of categories, products and vendors, sharing insights on growth.


• Track daily/weekly/monthly performance against target and forecast and provides weekly Sales Summary


• Price Management: Oversee the costing of products and maintain the accurate pricing of all products.


• Develops promotional and markdown strategy and ensure effective execution in season.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth merchandise flow from production, warehouse to stores, using analytics to enhance operational efficiency and support supply chain decisions. Vendor management: Liaise with foreign and local vendors, conclude on orders and prices and follow through till the products gets to the warehouse.


• Manage buying activities: Monitor OTB (Open-to-Buy) gaps and close them, while liaising with vendors to ensure timely procurement and alignment with business needs.


• Dashboards: Develop and maintain dashboards that guide business strategies and product lifecycle campaigns.


• Campaign calendar: Own and oversee the execution of seasonal and product campaigns


• Reports: Preparing business reports which include and not limited to the following: (Sell Through report, Stock cover report, Store visit report, Range plan, Product life cycle report, Inventory ageing report, Missed sales report)

Requirements

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in any other related field.


• 5-7 years of relevant experience.


• Knowledge of retail fashion business: Deep understanding of premium retail and fashion retail.


• Software Proficiency: Mastery of Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables), presentation tools, and ERPs systems especially Odoo


• Data Analysis & Modeling: Master of analysis and visualization tools like SQL, Power BI