What will you do?
As a Category Manager SDA (small domestic appliances), you will play a critical role in optimizing our SDA procurement strategy, ensuring we leverage the best technologies while maintaining cost efficiency and strong vendor relationships. You'll be responsible for the end-to-end category management of SDA-related products and solutions. Your expertise will guide decision-making processes, drive contract negotiations, and support our digital transformation. Your key responsibilities are to:
- Develop and execute SDA procurement strategies that align with the company's goals and roadmap of the suppliers.
- Manage the SDA category like Coffee, Cleaning and/or Kitchen categories.
- Conduct market research and benchmarking to identify trends, cost-saving opportunities, and innovations.
- Lead supplier selection, negotiation, and contract management to ensure optimal value, quality, and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as finance, legal, online and our stores to understand business needs and align procurement strategies.
- Monitor vendor performance, ensuring compliance with contract terms.
- Analyze spend data and performance metrics to drive continuous improvement within the SDA category based on Customer Journeys.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key suppliers, fostering strategic partnerships and ensuring continuous alignment with business needs.
- Develop and maintain promotion and pricing strategy; to guarantee best offers for our customers.
We offer
- A - without exaggeration - fantastic workplace on the 40th floor in 'De Rotterdam' overlooking the Erasmus Bridge;
- A hybrid working environment: choose diversity between working at home, in the office or wherever;
- Good working conditions and development and growth opportunities;
- Freedom and responsibility to shape your role and bring ideas to implementation in an environment where anything is possible;
- At MediaMarkt, we have courage. We are entrepreneurs within a company, giving you the chance to develop yourself quickly and in diverse ways;
Who are you?
- Bachelor's or Master degree in Marketing or Business Management.
- 3+ years of experience in category management or procurement.
- Proven experience in negotiating complex contracts and managing supplier relationships.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, forecast trends, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Problem-Solving mindset to come up with innovative solutions that satisfy all parties.
- Goal-Oriented Mindset keeping the ultimate goal in mind.
About us
We are the number ONE in Benelux and Europe. We influence how people experience and use technology. We make the difference. We are there for our customers, through all channels. We explain, inspire and enthuse. We are always on the move.
Together with our great employees, we create the shopping experience of the future!
In terms of revenue, sales area and headcount, the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group is Europe's leading consumer electronics retailer and provider of related services. Our integrated online and fixed-location offerings reach millions of customers every day. Consumers live an increasingly digital lifestyle - and consumer electronics has evolved from a luxury into a 'necessity'. The digital world may be fascinating, but it's also increasingly complex. At the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, we see ourselves as a partner, daily companion and navigator of our customers, and combine digital products and services to create practical solutions.Our portfolio of brands and offerings enables us to respond flexibly to the needs of different customer groups and different countries. The company includes the brands MediaMarkt and Saturn, which comprehensively network their more than 1,000 fixed-location stores with online sales platforms. Another important part of our portfolio is our own brands PEAQ, KOENIC, ISY and ok.
A subsidiary of CECONOMY AG, in 2021/22 MediaMarktSaturn and its approximately 50,000 employees generated total sales of about €22.2 billion.
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Category Manager Small Domestic Appliances (SDA)
Opslaan voor later Job-ID: 85630Details van de vacatureLocatieRotterdamCategory Manager Small Domestic Appliances (SDA)Wilhelminakade 1613072 AP Rotterdam (NLD)OrganisatieMedia Markt HoofdkantoorAfdelingHQ - Category ManagementErvaringMediorType vacaturesFull Time/Part TimeUren per week40We zijn op zoek naar mensen die een passie hebben voor technologie en onze klanten vol enthousiasme de allerbeste ervaring willen bieden. Mensen die het verschil willen maken. Mensen zoals jij. Let's Go!
What will you do?
As a Category Manager SDA (small domestic appliances), you will play a critical role in optimizing our SDA procurement strategy, ensuring we leverage the best technologies while maintaining cost efficiency and strong vendor relationships. You'll be responsible for the end-to-end category management of SDA-related products and solutions. Your expertise will guide decision-making processes, drive contract negotiations, and support our digital transformation. Your key responsibilities are to:
- Develop and execute SDA procurement strategies that align with the company's goals and roadmap of the suppliers.
- Manage the SDA category like Coffee, Cleaning and/or Kitchen categories.
- Conduct market research and benchmarking to identify trends, cost-saving opportunities, and innovations.
- Lead supplier selection, negotiation, and contract management to ensure optimal value, quality, and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as finance, legal, online and our stores to understand business needs and align procurement strategies.
- Monitor vendor performance, ensuring compliance with contract terms.
- Analyze spend data and performance metrics to drive continuous improvement within the SDA category based on Customer Journeys.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key suppliers, fostering strategic partnerships and ensuring continuous alignment with business needs.
- Develop and maintain promotion and pricing strategy; to guarantee best offers for our customers.
We offer
- A -without exaggeration - fantastic workplace on the 40th floor in 'De Rotterdam' overlooking the Erasmus Bridge;
- A hybrid working environment: choose diversity between working at home, in the office or wherever;
- Good working conditions and development and growth opportunities;
- Freedom and responsibility to shape your role and bring ideas to implementation in an environment where anything is possible;
- At MediaMarkt, we have courage. We are entrepreneurs within a company, giving you the chance to develop yourself quickly and in diverse ways;
We are the number ONE in Benelux and Europe. We influence how people experience and use technology. We make the difference. We are there for our customers, through all channels. We explain, inspire and enthuse. We are always on the move.
Together with our great employees, we create the shopping experience of the future!
In terms of revenue, sales area and headcount, the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group is Europe's leading consumer electronics retailer and provider of related services. Our integrated online and fixed-location offerings reach millions of customers every day. Consumers live an increasingly digital lifestyle - and consumer electronics has evolved from a luxury into a 'necessity'. The digital world may be fascinating, but it's also increasingly complex. At the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, we see ourselves as a partner, daily companion and navigator of our customers, and combine digital products and services to create practical solutions.Our portfolio of brands and offerings enables us to respond flexibly to the needs of different customer groups and different countries. The company includes the brands MediaMarkt and Saturn, which comprehensively network their more than 1,000 fixed-location stores with online sales platforms. Another important part of our portfolio is our own brands PEAQ, KOENIC, ISY and ok.
A subsidiary of CECONOMY AG, in 2021/22 MediaMarktSaturn and its approximately 50,000 employees generated total sales of about €22.2 billion.
Een fantastische werkplek in 'De Rotterdam' met uitzicht op de skyline van Rotterdam De mogelijkheid om hybride te werken Een telefoon die je ook privé mag gebruiken 20% korting op je MediaMarkt aankopen 30 vakantie dagen PensioenregelingWho are you?
- Bachelor's or Master degree in Marketing or Business Management.
- 3+ years of experience in category management or procurement.
- Proven experience in negotiating complex contracts and managing supplier relationships.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data, forecast trends, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Problem-Solving mindset to come up with innovative solutions that satisfy all parties.
- Goal-Oriented Mindset keeping the ultimate goal in mind.
Go!
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