Manager, Category Management (Food)

foodpanda is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

About foodpanda:

foodpanda is dedicated to bringing food lovers around the world their favorite meals from curated local restaurants. Since its creation, the on-demand food delivery service has grown to more than 100,000 partner restaurants in more than 325 cities across 13 Asian and Central European countries globally. foodpanda is active in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Romania and Bulgaria. It belongs to Delivery Hero, worldwide leader of the food delivery industry. For more information visit www.foodpanda.my

Job Description

We are looking for a Manager, Category Management to be based in foodpanda Malaysia, at Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur. This role will be reporting to Senior Category Manager in the pandamart vertical. The Category Management team oversees the strategic planning, development, and execution of product categories within the foodpanda groceries business. You will get to wear many hats and meticulously plan to launch and expand an exciting new business, and instill  operational efficiency in processes.

This role is open to hire either locals/PR in Malaysia.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Accountable for delivering excellent administration support to the category managers enabling the team to drive Category performance within pandaMart MY 

• Act as the ‘business owner’ across different allocated categories, possessing a complete  understanding of internal and external variables that impact foodpanda business

• Must develop and execute optimal category strategy, pricing, promotions, range,  availability, and cost prices to expand both sales and margin, 

• Ensure pandaMart categories has the optimal selection and strategically competitive  prices in the market through local and international sourcing, developing a strategic long-term plan for the development of the category

• Source and build strong supplier base to negotiate terms improvement, secure supplier  advertising spend, and ensure a reliable and operationally effective flow of goods

• Work to develop new sourcing and extended range to ensure we have high quality, good  value goods available to our customers year-round 

• Employ data-driven decision making to drive the category while working closely with marketing and supply chain to forecast demand  and ensure consistent supply 

• Work cross functionally with Product, Supply Chain, Sales Operations and Marketing to  deliver strategic projects

• Deep dive into categories to understand best and worst practices and subsequently develop and execute short and long term strategies to drive category performance

• Minimum 3 years experience in category management 

• Experienced with food categories (e.g. chocolates, sweets, biscuits, groceries, super markets) needed

• Experience with e-commerce industry needed

• Ability to work autonomously in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills

• An analytical mind with strategic ability

• Fluency in English and strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Efficiency in using Google Workspace is a plus while mastery in using Microsoft Office is preferred

• Enthusiastic team player who is always eager to use their skills & experience to the best of their ability.

Our perks:

• Career growth - We believe that everyone owns their career and you will be supported with the framework and structure for you to craft your learning experience in foodpanda.
• Culture -  At foodpanda, it is important for us to have a workplace culture which allows everyone within the organization to thrive. You will be working in a creative and dynamic team environment where you will be empowered, engaged and appreciated.
• Work Flexibility - It’s our mission to create an amazing employee experience. With a modern office in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, we have flexible working hours, hybrid working style, welcoming shared spaces and even a gaming area and nap rooms for when you need a quick recharge. Foodpanda also provides unparalleled employee perks from fully equipped and fully-stocked pantry, length of maternity leave to various other support to the employees and their families.
• Competitive benefits including annual leaves, insurance etc.