Category Manager

Serbia

9 years experience

Birthday:

Nationality:
Serbian

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University education

Timeframe
Degree / faculty / university
Study areas

2005-102010-02

completed

Bachelor of Economics (BEc)
Economic Studies

, Serbia
  • Major: International economy and foreign trade

Professional experience

Timeframe
Occupation / company
Tasks

2010-06Till now

Private (Own) Brand Manager

, Serbia

• Managing, controlling and developing assortment of Private Brand products.
Launched 500+ PB products among 8 Product Categories.
• Negotiating with vendors and improvement of commercial portfolio. Closing negotiations with 50+ vendors per year and
providing more than 30% savings in product calculation per vendor.
• Generating gross profit and accelerating sales by achieving sales target for Category according to Business Plan.
• Increasing Private Brand products share by setting and achieving targets with average increase of 5% per year.
• Increasing Free Cash Flow by decreasing DOH through decreasing number of commercial packaging for 50%.
• Heading audits and evaluating the Category suppliers

2008-052009-07

Area Sales Manager

, Serbia

• Managed operations in 10 stores,
• Directed and controlled procurement plan, sales plans and stocks,
• Accompanied and controlled P&L for each store, together by gathering cost savings by 20% per store and sales increase for
15+ per month,
• Consistently hit and exceeded sales goals by 20%,
• Led the work of sales teams, organization, motivation.

Language ability

Language
Level
Exam / certificate
English
Good negotiation skills (C2)

German
Intermediate (A2)

Serbian
Mother tongue

Spanish
Basic knowledge (A1)

Other skills

Key professional skills
Driver licenses
Interests, hobbies, personal

• 10 years of experience in retail (Grocery), of which 9 in Category management (Own Brand)
• BEc. in International economy and foreign trade
• Computer proficient (MS Office, SAP, BI, Ariba) with strong communication skills (negotiations, presentations...)
• Fluent in English, German user (currently studying for B1)

  • Automobile

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