Category Manager Forest & Grass Care | Kramp | Varsseveld
Locatie: Varsseveld (NL), Strullendorf (DE)
Referentienummer: REQ0014039
Would you like to manage a specific group of products in Forest & Grass Care, to maximize sales and profitability? Then join Kramp as Category Manager Forest & Grass Care
You develop a category plan in line with company strategy, selecting assortment based on market trends and customer data, implementing tiered branding where needed to cover most customer needs and preferences, setting competitive prices, and proposing promotional activities. Data analysis is crucial in this role, as it informs product selection, pricing strategies, and promotional activities, ensuring the category’s success.
What is your role?
You will report to the Head of Forest & Grass Care. You will work as tandem with the Category Buyer.
Your specific tasks include:
- Category Management: Manage a category plan in line with the organizations’ purchasing/procurement and/or sales strategy ensuring realization of synergies, like cost savings and risk-reduction, and/or optimization of the category profit.
- Product Lifecycle Management: Take responsibility for all aspects of a life cycle of a group of products, including long- and short-term development and marketing.
- Industry Awareness and External Network: Execute market research to identify innovative industry trends, disrupters, and new market spaces.
- Business Planning: Contribute to the development of annual business plans and resource estimations.
- Data-Driven Decision Support: Coordinate the analysis of moderately complex data to support informed decision-making.
- Business Case: Develop or lead feasibility and assessment work for projects to support business cases.
- Commercial Management: Manage commercial results by analyzing trends, monitoring financial results, and optimizing resources.
- Stakeholder engagement: Identify stakeholder needs and support engagement efforts through meetings and materials.
- Cost Reduction: Contribute to cost reviews and cost-saving initiatives.
- External Partners – Compliance Management: Monitor partner compliance with regulatory standards.
Who are you?
For this job we have a couple of requirements.
Professional Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Level of Work Experience
- At least 3 years of experience to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others
- Good stakeholder management
- Basic technical knowledge about how the machines are built is needed
Key Competencies for Success
- Plans and Aligns: Prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with goals.
- Communicates Effectively: Delivers clear, audience-tailored communications.
- Manages Conflict: Handles conflict constructively and seeks consensus.
- Business Insights: Applies business knowledge to support strategic goals.
- Strategic Entrepreneurial Mindset: Translates trends into strategies supporting future success.
- Manages Complexity: Solves complex problems by analyzing from multiple angles.
What do we offer?
We are an ambitious, fast-growing and financially sound organization. You can obviously expect:
- A good salary
- 25 vacation days and 12 ADV days (based on a fulltime NL contract)
- Flexible working policy in hours and location
- Travel- and working from home allowance
- Profit sharing bonus
- Great budget for training and courses
- Generous pension plan
Do you want to join us?
In case you feel challenged by the above role description and requirements, we are interested in meeting you! Please use the application button and send your CV and cover letter.
Do you have a question about the process? Please do not hesitate to contact Monique Welling, Talent Acquisition Specialist, monique.welling@kramp.com
About us
Thanks to our ambitions we are active throughout Europe: a leading position in the agricultural market for parts. We heavily invest in E-Business and innovations. Our aim is to make it easy for our customers to run their business. Working at Kramp means working with over 3500 international colleagues. The people at Kramp are enthusiastic, professional and involved. We speak our customers’ language, understand their challenges and earn their trust to exceed their expectations. Our promise “It’s that easy” is embedded in our culture and DNA.
Working at Kramp means:
- … you belong here! Being part of our open business community
- … your work makes a difference! Have an impact on what matters
- … you will develop and realize! Learn and realize your potential
More about Kramp: https://www.careeratkramp.com/nl-nl
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