Assistant Category Manager - pandamart

• Full P&L responsibility for the category, subcategory, including revenue, margin, wastage & other supplier income.

• Must develop and execute optimal category strategy, pricing, promotions, range, availability, and cost prices to expand both sales and margin

• Ensure pandamart has the widest selection and best prices in the market through international sourcing, recruiting marketplace sellers and leveraging competitive intelligence.

• Work with existing vendor base to negotiate cost, funding and terms improvement, secure supplier marketing and advertising spend, develop new incentive programs, and ensure a reliable and operationally effective flow of goods to our fulfillment centre.

• Work to develop new sourcing and extended range to ensure we have high quality, good value goods available to our customers year-round.

• Employ data-driven decision making to drive the category. Provide insight to the head of merchandising and work closely with marketing and supply chain to forecast demand and ensure consistent supply

• Partner with the Operations & Supply Chain team to manage inventory levels and wastage.

• Contribute to pandamart growth by optimising and streamlining Category management. Help to design systems and processes to minimise time spent on day-to-day tasks and allow more time for strategic thinking.

• Work cross functionally with Supply Chain, Operations, Pricing, Strategy, Finance, and Marketing to deliver strategic projects allowing pandamart to offer the best customer experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant.

• 4+ years' relevant work experience, preferably in FMCG, retail, account and category management.

• Candidate with more experience will be considered as Category Manager

• Fresh food or chill & frozen category merchandising experience would be an advantage

• Demonstrated track record of successful negotiations, influence and overall relationship management (both internal and external).

• Strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills.

• Ability and desire to contribute to wider team performance and culture.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Great communication skills (both oral and written) are a must.

• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, fast learner of new tools 

“To be the most loved everyday food and groceries destination!” - that’s our mission at foodpanda (small ‘f’).

foodpanda is the largest food and grocery delivery platform in Asia, outside of China. Operating in more than 400 cities across 11 markets, we continue to expand and grow in our core food delivery business, as well as in new verticals like grocery deliveries, with a strong tech infrastructure at our core. From our restaurants-partners, cloud kitchens and cloud grocery stores — foodpanda is just one tap away, getting everything you need into your hands quickly and conveniently!

If you love working with technology to create solutions and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done, you will find your tribe here at foodpanda. foodpanda comprises of people from more than 60 nationalities, and we believe in winning through diversity.
foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s leading local delivery platform operating in 70+ countries worldwide

What We Offer

• A dynamic and challenging work environment.
• A company committed to developing you personally and professionally.
• A great working atmosphere with regular company and team events.
• A vibrant and international team committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Responsibility from day one in a fast growing and global company.
• Other benefits include free food, health and dental insurance, and learning and development opportunities!

Our parent company, Delivery Hero, is a global leader in the food delivery industry processing over 3 million orders every day and operating in 40+ markets in the world, with 18,000 employees and approximately 500,000+ restaurant partners.