Category Manager
IPC Asia Pacific is an independent franchisee-owned company seeking a driven and experienced Category Manager.
Summary about this job
Buying
Company: IPCA
Location: Auckland
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +64-6-206-7495
Fax: +64-3-397-5911
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Detail information about job Category Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Take the next step in your career
- Permanent full-time role based in Auckland
- Opportunity to make this role your own
The Role
IPC Asia Pacific is seeking an experienced and highly motivated candidate to support our New Zealand procurement activities as a Category Manager.
This role will be reporting into the Senior Procurement Manager and will suit someone who is driven to provide maximum cost savings that will increase the profitability of SUBWAY® Franchisees.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify savings opportunities to maximize Franchisee profitability
- Develop a detailed cost structure and pricing protocol of each product
- Develop strategies to ensure the ongoing achievement of cost savings
- Understand the suppliers processing operations including raw materials and benchmarking overseas markets
- Have a detailed understanding of relevant industries and maintain relationships with all key suppliers in that industry
- Develop contingency supply plans for each product
- With the assistance of the supplier, develop an annual cost and quality improvement plan, update it monthly and report progress to the IPC Asia Pacific group
- Maintain up to date detailed supplier raw material purchases report
Skills and Experience
- Minimum 5 years ‘experience in a Buyer/Assistant Category Manager role
- Tertiary qualification in relevant field or similar
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- Strong commercial and financial acumen
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to work autonomously
- Experience in either QSR or FMCG industry is highly advantageous
- Flexibility in ability to travel internationally is a must
About IPC Asia Pacific
Independent Purchasing Company Australasia Ltd (or IPC Asia Pacific) is an independent Franchisee-owned purchasing company based in seven countries within the Asia Pacific region. Our goal is to implement purchasing, distribution and support programs to help build a competitive environment for Subway® Franchisees. We currently service more than 3,600 Subway® restaurants in 15 countries and are growing rapidly.
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