Portfolio Merchandise Manager

THE PERSON Qualifications:

• Degree in Commerce, Business, Supply Chain, Economics or a related field. • An advanced commercial or scientific qualification would be advantageous. Experience:

• Minimum of 7 yearsâ?? relevant experience within grocery, FMCG wholesale, retail or a closely aligned environment. • Strong category management, merchandising, commercial trading or portfolio experience. • Demonstrated experience contributing to sales and margin growth. • Strong exposure to pricing, promotions, assortment optimisation and SKU rationalisation. • Experience supporting or commercialising private-label products. • Experience coordinating execution across regional and functional teams. • Retail exposure would be advantageous. Technical and Analytical Skills:

• Advanced Excel and commercial modelling capability. • Experience using BI and visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Looker. • Ability to interpret category, sales, margin and promotional data. • Understanding of forecasting systems and automated reporting. • Familiarity with merchandising and planning systems such as SAP or equivalent. • Exposure to SQL, data warehouses, ETL concepts or Big Data environments would be advantageous. • Familiarity with market-measurement sources such as Nielsen or Circana would be beneficial. Competencies:

• Strong commercial judgement and analytical thinking. • Ability to translate complex information into clear commercial recommendations. • Sound understanding of promotional economics, price elasticity and assortment optimisation. • Strategic and practical problem-solving ability. • Strong stakeholder influence and executive communication. • Customer- and shopper-focused. • Detail-orientated and able to prioritise in a fast-moving environment. • Resilient and adaptable to change. • Strong programme and change-management capability. THE ROLE Commercial Performance:

• Review and coordinate category trading plans to support sales, margin and average basket-value targets. • Monitor performance against plan and prior periods. • Analyse variances and recommend corrective action for underperforming categories and SKUs. • Identify and implement short-term commercial uplift initiatives. • Monitor competitor pricing and recommend appropriate tactical responses. • Track the results of implemented initiatives and apply relevant learnings. Assortment and Space Planning:

• Conduct SKU-level performance reviews to identify low-velocity and low-margin products.
• Recommend the consolidation or delisting of underperforming SKUs.
• Identify high-potential products and opportunities for further distribution or scale.
• Coordinate localised as

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