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Are you looking for Management Jobs in Uganda 2024? If yes, then you might be interested in Category Manager job at YooKatale
Kampala, Uganda
Full-time
About the Organisation
YooKatale is a digital mobile food market, providing food on demand delivery services through
a mobile platform so our clients don’t have to go to the market. We offer our services to homes and
commercial clients.
Job Title
Category Manager job at YooKatale
YooKatale
Job Description
Yookatale, a mobile food market for selling, buying and advertising food products and services in Uganda invites qualified applicants to fill the vacant post of category manager to work with yookatale.com
NOTE.
a) Applicants must specify the vacancy and location they wish to apply.
b) Applicants must state clearly in the applications their contact address, telephone numbers and email addresses.
c) Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
As a yookatale category manager you will be responsible for managing a specific group or category of products within yookatale, analyze industry and consumer trends, develop strategies, and oversee pricing, promotion, and product range management to maximize sales and profitability.
Duties and Responsibilities
Analyze category trends, market dynamics, and company needs to develop and implement comprehensive category strategies that support business objectives.
Identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvement within the category through strategic sourcing, demand management and process optimization.
Conduct thorough market research to understand emerging trends, risks, and opportunities within the category.
Develop and maintain category dashboards and reports to track key performance indicators, spend analysis, and savings achieved.
Work with the Head of Operational Excellence and Procurement leadership to conceive of and implement a standard and effective approach for category management.
Collaborate with the yookatale IT in support of implementing our category management framework
Partner with business stakeholders and procurement managers to build comprehensive category management plans for each of yookatale’s supplier categories
Establish an effective mechanism to update category management plans as external or internal circumstances change
Conduct and incorporate leading practice assessments and benchmarking as required
Partner with Procurement leaders to “sell” the process changes and onboard and influence key stakeholders to support the implementation plan
Train procurement managers on category management best practices and the framework
Ensure value creation for yookatale via world-class category management beyond yookatale’s existing/BAU
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Qualifications and Competencies
Demonstrated track-record of sourcing excellence.
8+ years of experience as a sourcing professional.
Experience managing one or more categories
Preferred – has led the category management program in a significant procurement organization
Preferred – strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to analyze complex data sets and translate them into actionable strategies.
Preferred – management consulting experience.
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Experience with Procurement transformation is preferred
Experience within Banking and Financial Services or another regulated industry is required
Ability to influence across a global procurement team
Strong planning and organizing skills with the ability to manage and prioritize responsibilities through the effective use of time management and organizational techniques
Unquestionable integrity and objectivity, with ongoing commitment to excellence and the ability to operate in diverse environments and cultures
How to Apply
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