Senior Category Manager - Beverages

METRO opened its first cash & carry wholesale center in Pakistan in 2007 & expanded to 5 wholesale centers in a short span of 18 months. In July 2012 METRO and Makro-Habib combined their wholesale business in Pakistan marking the beginning of a long-term partnership to the mutual benefit of both companies. The merger allowed
METRO and Makro-Habib to combine resources and gain the financial strength to lead and grow in a challenging environment and to gain synergies targeted to generate value for our customers and suppliers alike. Today the company is operating 10 wholesale centers in Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Islamabad & Faisalabad.

METRO Pakistan (Pvt) Limited is part of METRO GROUP’s sales division METRO Cash & Carry, the international leader in self-service wholesale. The company operates more than 750 stores in 25 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa and has a workforce of over 107,000 employees. Sales in 2016/17 were approximately 37 billion Euro.

• Defining the products in beverages category based on local market needs and identifying suppliers (local and international) and establishing the relationship, negotiating terms, conditions, ordering and reordering processes
• Develop plans that balance long-term goals with short-term needs
• Ensure the right speed-to-market of offers and solutions to stay competitive
• Seize new opportunities with clear view how to get there
• Keep in touch with external trends and benchmarks and able to translate it into future plans and measures.
• Is familiar with the strategies, strengths and opportunities of our business and of main competitors / benchmarks and uses this knowledge actively.
• Encourage individual growth and customizes development to the specific strengths and development needs of each employee
• Push decision making to the lowest appropriate level and develop employees’ confidence to make those decisions (and sometimes a mistake to learn from)

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

6-8 years of relevant experience