Regional Category Planner

Regional Category Planner 

Position Location

Doral 

 

Pay/hours for position

$65K 

Requirements of position

 

 

Essential: 3 years experience in marketing/category management and/or experience with fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). Desirable: Experience with Travel Retail.

 

World’s leading travel experience player. With a traveler-centric philosophy and a geographically diverse network, the travel retail and F&B company addresses the needs of up to 2.3 billion passengers each year, with 5,500 outlets in more than 75 countries across six continents. Guided by their Destination 2027 strategy and boosted by their recent combination with a travel F&B giant, the company is well positioned to realize their ambition to create a Travel Experience Revolution through their many locations at airports, motorways, cruise lines, seaports and railway stations amongst others. 

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE 

The Regional Planner is responsible for supporting on the assortment management and ensuring the successful implementation of the regionally agreed promotions in the designated countries. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Assortment - Novelties 

Perform listings of novelties in the Assortment Management Tool following the innovation program agreed for the region 

Ensure implementation of the innovation program – follow up on orders, parameters set up, and keeping locations informed about upcoming updates and introductions. 

Assortment - Management & Delisting 

Maintain assortment reports by door and address possible gaps 

Perform listings of extensions and de-listings of items in the Assortment Management Tool. 

Address creation, extension, and adjustments of new and existing vendors in company database 

Review monthly report on assortment performance by vendor, brand, and SKU 

Solve assortment discrepancies and duplicities and address issues to Master Data. 

Creation of testers/tastings and urgent incidents management 

Promotions 

Create promotions and animations for global and regional brands in the A&P Tool 

Follow-up promotions and animations implementation 

Coordination of staff and sales incentives 

Implementation of tactical liquidations/ seasonal campaigns 

Follow-up and Governance 

Accountable for reporting – assortment and promotions KPIs to internal stakeholders 

Interact with countries to advise on the brands roll out; listings and de-listings, and promotional activity 

Adhoc participate in business update calls and marketing calendar discussions within the category and vendors 

Management, Leadership, and HR 

Manage and interact with countries to support the categories assortment modifications, launches, and promotional activity that go to market.