Regional Category Manager Job Description
Regional category manager
provides strategic and business alignment direction to local procurement team on category, sourcing and contracting strategies, negotiation and supplier management.
Regional Category Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Produce post promotion analysis on major customer programs and other key initiatives
Champions the development of analytical tools and predictive models
Identify and form the appropriate Integrated Readiness Team required for New Product Introduction projects initiated by PPS CSS
Help assess the efforts and costs for expanding existing capabilities or developing new ones, together with the Support Category team
Ensure the rest of the teams in the organization are ready to come up with the new products to be supported as per FSD
Support the in-country Sales team in successful ramp up and placement of 3D MJF installs
Work closely with Product Marketing to make sure launch plans are assembled to the specifics of countries in the region
Orchestrate different work streams for a seamless launch making sure our Sales team are always well equipped with the right product and Sales contents
Drive in-country activities such as Sales trainings, customer events and other external presentations
Manage Product Life Cycle for the region
Regional Category Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Regional Category Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, C.P.M, AED, CPR, CIRM, CPIM, CPM, NAPM
Education for Regional Category Manager
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Employers hiring for the regional category manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, Engineering, MBA, Business/Administration, Technical, Marketing, Management, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain Management
Skills for Regional Category Manager
Desired skills for regional category manager include:
Lean methodology with a demonstrated continuous improvement mindset
Commodity strategies
Category management
Marketing Procurement
SAP
Relevant supply markets
Terms and negotiation concepts and business law
Build Operate Transfer
Leading edge procurement practices
Managed Service
Desired experience for regional category manager includes:
No relocation is being offered for this role
Strong negotiations knowledge, skills, and experience
Ability to travel (air and ground throughout the region) for various meetings at Takeda and Supplier sites
Knowledge of financial and analytical skills/tools to determine total cost, evaluate suppliers and suggest improvements in procurement processes (statistics, cost accounting, computer spreadsheets, flow charting)
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain or related field and 4+ years of procurement experience in a corporate environment
High School /Bachelor/Master degree in LAW
Regional Category Manager Examples
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Regional Category Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a regional category manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for regional category manager
- Plan and execute demand generation activities at regional level
- Supports in-country channel partners in Solution related queries
- New Product Introductions (Hardware, Supplies, Services)
- You will be required to interpret action weekly, monthly and seasonal trade information to ensure key KPIs are met, such as sell through %, intake timings/quantities and margin targets
- Create comprehensive NA sourcing strategies for spend categories in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly regional and strategic mindset and in close collaboration with the Regional and Global Category Leaders to ensure full alignment with regional and global strategies
- Have a clear understanding of how regional strategies affect their local NA markets and the fit with global strategy
- Be the NA expert in the spend categories within scope of responsibility
- Drive, manage and execute the Buying/Assortment Strategy for the category across multiple markets in Asia
- Lead the team through bottom up brand plans building the category with strategic thinking, strong rational and analysis of historical performance to prepare and execute the buying budgets
- Establish and manage key brand relationships, locally and internationally, to ensure optimum speed, quality and terms of business, championing brand development and acquisition
Qualifications for regional category manager
- Similar experience or project management skills
- PPS Product lines intermediate knowledge
- Intermediate Business Process Knowledge
- 2+ minimum years of procurement experience as a category manager or similar role
- Create comprehensive sourcing strategy for the region for spend categories in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly regional and strategic mindset and in close collaboration with the Regional and Global Category Leaders to ensure full alignment with regional and global strategies
- Have a clear understanding of how regional strategies affect their local market and the fit with global strategy
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Regional Category Manager Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of regional category manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for regional category manager
- Maximize company sales budgets, margin targets and operating profit through the effective direction and management of all aspects of category buying
- Identify ‘white spaces’ and key growth categories key rising trends to ride in the region
- Effectively lead, coach and inspire the Buying and Merchandising team - ensuring they have clear direction, are motivated and being consistently developed and up-skilled
- Comprehensive understanding of global trends, how this translates over time to product and our markets
- YOU need to create comprehensive sourcing strategy mainly for the Southern Cone Latin America region for the media category, operating with a truly regional and strategic mindset and in close collaboration with the Regional and Global Category Leaders to ensure full alignment with regional and global strategies
- YOU will be the regional expert in media within the Latin America region – leveraging media and market expertise, including trading costs, digital knowledge, agency fees, media vendor pricing models
- Be the primary regional contact for Oral Care Marketing expertise and coordination
- Drive the Oral Care Category in Europe from a business development and marketing perspective in line with the global category strategy
- Promote and Represent the Oral Care Category in the region
- Ensure proper client brief execution by providing the right targeted marketing support to clients
Qualifications for regional category manager
- Deep category and market expertise
- Minimum ten years of related work experience
- Cost management practices
- Supply market knowledge
- Supply market research and analysis
- Contract creation and management
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Regional Category Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a regional category manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for regional category manager
- Work with sales teams to identify future opportunities and turn them into actionable projects, build strong client relationships, understand clients’ strategies, priorities and brands and provide them with the most relevant flavor solutions
- Review together with the sales force the business sales/vitality (win/loss) at the category level to take corrective actions and to fuel development
- Maintain European market products (Mapping and Analysis)
- Liaise with Global and other Regional Oral Care Category managers/specialist to ensure consolidation of marketing tools/deliverables
- Ensure the existence and promotion of the right portfolio of flavor solutions for Oral Care businesses
- Responsible for developing and driving execution of the iBP account plan to include BU strategies, value drivers, and growth plans
- Manage an account team consisting of procurement professionals from multiple categories and across all units to execute the account plan
- Set the direction of the consumer services portfolio, with a primary focus on innovation to develop differentiated and meaningful experiences for gaming and premium services
- Understand the PC gaming customer needs and wants, and develop innovative solutions, services and experiences for gaming customers
- Lead the process for identification of customer specific opportunities for sales growth and assist with any research needs, lead project initiatives and implement category plans for their customers
Qualifications for regional category manager
- Regulatory Systems and Compliance including quality concepts
- NAPM certification preferred
- Minimum ten years of related work experience in supply chain and strategic sourcing
- Experience with a global brand would be a plus especially in the menswear space
- E-commerce experience with a fashion/ GM retailer would be a plus
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree preferably in Business Administration, Business Engineering, Business Science or equivalent work experience
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a regional category manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for regional category manager
- Contribute developing the sourcing strategies for your category whilst interacting with relevant Business Partners and stakeholders
- Maintain and continuously improve rapport with carriers and logistics service providers
- Handle negotiations seeking the best Total Cost of Ownership contracts and the most beneficial commercial agreements with suppliers
- Lead your team to drive and continuously develop the Above-Market Spend Category Strategy
- Disciplinary leadership, management and development of the team, take over accountability for a category
- Regional responsibility and execution of purchases for raw materials
- Develop strategies to best leverage the global supply base to deliver the best in class sourcing
- Oversee all transactional work associated with the purchases and propose ways to streamline our processes
- Input cost savings and avoidances into database, identify and implement optimization efforts for strategic procurement processes and tools
- Interaction with all relevant internal stakeholders such as global procurement, marketing, supply chain and R&D teams in order to identify projects leading to cost reduction and service improvement
Qualifications for regional category manager
- BA or BSc from a reputable institution
- Experience in managing multi-labels and commercial planning is preferred
- Understanding of Buying and Trading in a pure play e-Commerce environment is a plus
- Strong numeracy and analytical abilities
- The ability to craft and execute buying strategies
- Broad, exploratory and structured thinker
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of regional category manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for regional category manager
- Effectively manage the purchases and accurately reflect the forecasts and savings
- Represent the Regional Director in high level meetings during his absence
- Participate in the development of the global strategies and lead their deployment in the markets of accountability for advertising agencies, operating with a truly regional and strategic mindset and in close collaboration with other regional and global category leaders and local procurement colleagues
- Be the markets expert in marketing categories
- Develop and drive the Procurement vision for, with and through the stakeholder community, being able to interact and influence up to senior leadership at both local and regional level, in all sectors
- Develop the vision, strategy and implementation plan for all subcategories of spend that will effectively meet the long-range requirements of the business partners and deliver the maximum value for J&J
- Identify, develop and direct the implementation of Procurement goals and category strategies, based on deep subject matter expertise and understanding of industry/market dynamics across sectors and markets
- Develop deep supplier relationships with strategic suppliers to include structured data review and analysis, performance management and development and improvement of end to end value, and bring innovation to the business
- Collaborate with other Regional Category Business Engagement Leads to identify business demand requirements, perform strategic planning, and deliver annual value improvements
- Proactively cooperate with the Global category leadership and peers in other regions to continuously develop the category, identify and adapt best practices and solutions to be implemented in EMEA or exported to other regions
Qualifications for regional category manager
- Senior presentation skills – someone who can meet senior representatives of brands across the world
- High personal standards for the quality of execution
- Knowledge of transportation & logistics industry
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in relevant disciplines
- Strong know-how of procurement dynamics preferably in a regional or international capacity in a fast moving industry (ie
- Expertise in media procurement is preferred, though not a must