Senior Category Manager

At Albert, we are proud of our work since it is our goal to help Czechs eat and live better. Each and every one of our colleagues does an incredible job every day so we can offer our customers healthier, friendlier and more local food. That's why the work we do together isn't "just work". It's work that is meaningful to us, to our communities, to our land and to our planet. It is work that makes sense!

• flexible working hours depending on the job position
• modern offices 5 minutes from Nové Butovice metro station and free parking for employees
• an open and friendly corporate culture of a multinational company, for which themes such as diversity and inclusion are important
  growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options
• open-minded and informal corporate cultur
• flexible working hours and possibility to work from abroad (max. 20 days per year)
  25 days of holiday and possibility to buy extra days off via cafeteria
• zero food waste Canteen, fruit, massages, exercise at the offices
• membership in groups organizing supplier excursions, development workshops, trips, summer cinema, escape games and more

• develop and execute category strategy and tactics (category plans) in co-operation with Commercial Director
• define and execute assortment range, promotions, price level, quality and volume from the category to the item level
• negotiate with suppliers and manage supplier portfolio, sign and maintain delivery contracts
• monitor/optimize stock, dead stock and stock rotation
• improve shrink/losses level in cooperation with operations
• follow market trends, market shares and competitors
• be a role model for team members
• facilitate team performance

• university degree
• at least 3 years experience in a similar position (retail business) recommended; operational or marketing experience welcome
• negotiating skills, communicating skills, analytical skills, organizational and leadership skills, ambitious, single-minded, thoughtful, and conscientious, team player.
• knowledge of English language

• we support healthy lifestyle: we play sports and relax with a discounted MultiSport card, we use the Zdrabert app to support physical and mental health, we have a Prevention with Albert programme and organise Health Days, and we regularly distribute fruit snacks to all employees, we and our family members can contact the Albert helpline whenever in trouble
• we put emphasis on work-life balance: we have introduced flexible working hours, we use family shopping discounts five times a year
• we are committed to social and environmental responsibility: we are the largest corporate food donor, we replace paper receipts with electronic ones, we operate the Albert Foundation, we regularly donate unsold food, we cooperate with local suppliers, we organize charity runs to support children's homes, and we have signed the Diversity Charter
• we are innovative: we renovate and modernize our stores, distribution centres and offices, we install self-service checkouts and electronic price tags in our stores, we work with Albert scan and smart scales, and thanks to the Můj Albert loyalty app we buy bargains
• we employ over 20,000 colleagues
• we are a part of the multinational Ahold Delhaize Group
• we service 4,000,000 customers a week
• we have been in the market more than thirty years (since 1991)
• we have over 340 stores across the Czech Republic and three distribution centres